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Ah, the single life. At times,
it may be
lonely. Being single can also be a fantastic journey! Discover the fun
and freedom of being single! If
you've found a great book that celebrates the single life, let
me know!
 
Bachelor
Girl: 100 Years of Breaking the Rules - A Social History of
Living Single
A Journalist paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women - and
how they have been perceived - throughout the decades using primary
sources, including private journals, newspapers, and other materials
from popular media. From the nineteenth-century spinsters of New
England to the Bowery girls of New York City, to the career girls of
the 1950s and 1960s, single women have fought to find, and feel
comfortable in, that room of their own. One need only look at Bridget
Jones and the Sex
and the City gang to see
that single women still
maintain an uneasy relationship with the rest of society - and yet
radiate glamour and mystery. This book shines a light on the
stereotypes that have stigmatized single women and celebrates their
resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a
world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to be unwed.
 
Being
Single in a Couple's World: How to Be Happily Single While Looking for
Love
You can be single and happy. Whether you are actively looking for a
mate or have decided that marriage isn't what you want right now, the
authors, two psychotherapists, can help you deal with the problems that
come from being single in a couples' world. Drawing on years of
clinical experience and research with both single and married clients,
they have identified the five common stumbling blocks that can get in
the way of enjoying singlehood. Taking a careful look at the obstacles
that cause single people the most pain, the authors have developed a
four-step plan to help you achieve balance and happiness - whether or
not you stay single. And the first and most challenging step is to stop
buying into old-fashioned ideas about singlehood and marriage.
Combining clear advice and vivid case examples, this book gives all of
us the tools we need to find our way to a healthier self and more
meaningful relationships.
 
Cash
in the City: Affording Manolos, Martinis and Manicures on a Working
Girl's Salary
A hands-on book on how to live life in the city as a young, single,
professional woman without breaking the bank. This book offers valuable
guidance on how to afford life in America's big cities by combining
money management advice with life issues in a reader-friendly style.
Real-life examples illustrate particular financial issues that are of
concern to young, single, professional women, while providing concrete
answers they can use. Besides offering advice on living a hip, urban
life-style on a budget for women in their twenties and thirties, it
touches on career and personal issues as well. This unique life guide
covers the job basics every young, single, professional woman must
know. On the personal side, the author discusses how to handle dating,
and money in the city. From affording luxuries such as manicures, hair
color,this book provides the vital information that every young,
single, urban, professional woman needs.
 
Even
God Is Single, So Stop Giving Me A Hard Time
It's the edgy gift book for every unmarried woman who's fending off her
nudgy mother and overly concerned friend, who can't go to a holiday
dinner, class reunion, shower or wedding without hearing the usual
round of questions. Delightful, irreverent, and witty, this book is an
affirmation for every girl who's single and loving it. It is strong,
sexy, smart, and edgy. And joyous - it celebrates singlehood, just as
it pays homage to the self-assured and savvy woman who knows that
you're not half a person just because you're not half a couple.This
book shows that given the 50% divorce rate, you haven't missed out on
marriage, you just skipped a few divorces.
 
Flying
Solo: Single Women in Midlife
Unmarried at 40 - could there be anything worse? Our culture dictates
that this woman is on her way down, a shrew or a lonely old maid,
unattractive to men, a failure at catching or holding the golden ring
of marriage. Yet, when psychologists interviewed single women
throughout the country - never married, divorced, with or without
children - they discovered something different. Having confronted the
old myths, these women are making choices, enjoying their own power,
thriving on solitude and friendships. Their stories offer blueprints
for living, as well as inspiration, for other women "flying solo." Most
of these women did not intend to be on their own at midlife. They had
accepted the "marriage and motherhood mandate" as their destiny - until
Prince Charming failed to appear or the sacrifices of marriage turned
out to be too great. While giving up the dream has not been easy, at
midlife they have not only reached some resolution but are also busily
creating purpose in their own lives. The authors share these women's
stories and their practical advice on managing the mechanics of being
single, transforming loneliness, redefining the importance of work,
developing friendship and support networks, living with and without
intimacy and sex with men, and choosing to have and raise children. In
the process they define not just a new American lifestyle but a new
American Dream.
 
Get
a Life, Then Get a Man: A Single Woman's Guide
For every woman who thinks that The
Rules were meant to
be broken,
here's a guide for the single girl who is tired of passive
game-playing. The key to enjoying the single life is to lead a full and
rewarding existence. For dating to be successful, single women must
first acquire the most attractive quality - a fun, happy, and
productive life. From setting goals, nurturing friendships, and being
kind to oneself, the author provides both practical and inspirational
guidance for women who desire a whole new outlook on their singlehood.
Once they have gained esteem and support, readers are ready to apply
frontline tactics for meeting men. The author shows how to proactively
pursue a variety of interesting prospects. This book inspires women to
take back their dating destinies - to get confident in their actions
and smart about their choices. In the process, they'll discover that
being single can truly be fun, free, and satisfying.
 
Get
On with It!: How to be Sassy, Successful and Single
This guide provides hundreds of stories, practical advice, suggestions,
examples, quotes, and information to help women learn to love life on
their own. Myths that women have to be in love at all times, that they
need a relationship to be happy, and that they can't live a fantasy
life without a man are challenged. Encouraging single women to attack
life with the same passion they typically reserve for dating, this
handbook also serves as a springboard for beginning new and healthy
relationships.
 
Living
Alone and Loving It: A Guide to Relishing the Solo Life
After a relationship impasse, the author found herself living alone.
Little did she know that this time would become one of the most
enriching and joyous periods of her life. She shares her secrets for
living alone and loving it. Prescribing antidotes for loneliness,
salves for fears, and answers for just about every question that arises
in an unpartnered day, she covers both the practical and emotional
aspects of the solo life. Whether you are blessed with the promise of
youth or the wisdom of age, this book will instill the know-how to
forge a life with few maps and many adventures.
 
Oh,
Solo Mia!: The Hip Chick's Guide to Fun for One
This book is the essential guide for all women in search of ideas for
entertaining themselves after wearing out the resources of the
neighborhood Blockbuster. It offers more than 100 creative ideas with
attitude for swinging single chicks. Inspirations range from the cheap
and tame to the chi-chi and daring, and all are guaranteed to provide
hours of entertainment for girls (of all ages) who just wanna have fun!
 
Sassy,
Single, and Satisfied: Secrets to Loving the Life You're Living
Written especially for single women, this user–friendly
devotional helps individuals searching to understand their place in the
world draw closer to the true Lover of their soul. The author combines
usable scriptural principles for daily living with inspirational
stories, quotes, and personal experiences of life, love, and men.
Readers will find assurance that their singleness is to be embraced,
celebrated, and used as a time to grow closer to the Lord. With her
humorous, tell–it–like–it–is
style, she connects with readers and shares the fulfillment she has
found in Christ.
 
Single:
The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled and Independent
Single is not a condition to be cured. It's just as natural as being
part of a couple. Its wisdom is contagious. Its message is powerful. A
sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and always uplifting collection of
true-life experiences and practical wisdom that helps readers celebrate
their single status. A one-of-a-kind self-help book that speaks a
universal language to single women everywhere. Single is about
upholding the most enduring relationship of all: the one we have with
ourselves.
 
Single
and Loving It: Living Life to the Fullest
The author encourages singles to identify, understand, and work toward
their specific purpose right now instead of waiting for a mate to come,
children to grow up, or finances to be perfect. In this book, she
reminds singles that their life, far from being incomplete, is
abounding with opportunities for incredible joy, high achievement, and
most importantly, becoming an explosive force for God. She reveals the
five secrets for a person to actualize their God-given dreams and
emphasizes that there’s not time to feel sorry for oneself
because there’s too much to be done! So is it possible to be
single and love it? Readers will find that the answer is a resounding
yes when they allow God to rekindle their dreams and faith.
 
Single
Women: Alive and Well
The women captured in this book have not bought into the societal
stigma that if a person is alone they must be incomplete. The single
women that make up the characters and writers of this anthology all
discovered that they did not want to sit around waiting for life to
happen. The stories are individual and unique narratives about living
life as single women in a culture that attempts to find fault with
that. Instead of just hoping for Mr. Right to come along before their
lives could start, the authors and editors of this book encourage all
readers to dive into this big world and live life in all of its
abundance!
 
The
Hip Girl's Handbook: For Home, Car, & Money Stuff
This entertaining how-to covers household, automotive, and financial
challenges. From firing up the barbecue grill and changing flats to
unclogging drains and managing credit, this book gives the right advice
the right way — with patience, humor, and simplicity. With
hip tips, easy-to-follow instructions, and playful anecdotes, this book
shows young women they can easily manage life on their own.
 
The
Improvised Woman: Single Women Reinventing Single Life
What is it like being a single woman today? A groundbreaking work of
scope, wit, and exceptional empathy, this book answers that complex
question, while in the process capturing -- and celebrating -- the real
lives of single American women. Over the past seven years, a journalist
and essayist asked over one hundred women from across the country --
young and old, never married, divorced and widowed, childless and
single mothers -- to talk about being single. How did they get there?
Were they sorry or glad? What is the texture of their experience? The
heart of this book is the individual voices of the women answering
these questions, heard in all their tenacity and humor.
 
The
Joy of Being Single
Forget rumors about married people living longer, or that single people
are miserable, or that two can live as cheaply as one: married people
started these rumors out of pure jealousy. Which inspired single a
freelance humorist to correct the record. Joined by a New
Yorker
cartoonist in her first-ever collaborative effort, the authors refute
the bad rap singles have gotten with dozens of insightful, irrefutable
reasons to celebrate living alone.
 
The
Ropes: Girls Have the Rules, Women Know the Ropes - A Grown-Up Woman's
Guide to Being Single, Sexy, and Sensational
Ladies, are you ready to beat the stuffing out of Mother Nature and
show the world just how fabulous you are? Then you need to know The
Ropes! A sexy woman is one who exudes confidence, no matter her age.
The Ropes is all about tricks for staying glamorous, fit, dynamic. This
is the guide you need to give your wardrobe a chic makeover and your
body a gravity defying workout. You’ll learn to survive being
suddenly single, reenter the dating scene, and find out what men really
like in the bedroom. Here you’ll find the important questions
to
ask your doctor before considering plastic surgery, and a complete
guide to dating younger men (Tadpoling). Full of woman-to-woman advice
and spiced with a sense of humor that can only be earned by living,
this book is a salute to the new generation of vital, successful and
gorgeous older single women.
 
The
Single Girl's Manifesta: Living in a Stupendously Superior Single State
of Mind
Ever wonder why you're the last single girl among all your married
girlfriends? Don't stress, you have something in common with 96 million
other Americans: You're single! Let's face it, if you're
single, it's because you choose to be, not because you're doomed to be.
This book is glorious vindication for those who are not held captive -
literally or figuratively - by the tyranny of the "We." After the
author found herself wondering about her own single status, she
interviewed hundreds of compatriots across the country about their
choice to remain single. She leaves no stone unturned as she explores
the pleasures of single living. You may be the last single girl in your
crowd, but you've saved the best for last! This outlandish ode to
singles is packed with engaging quizzes, revitalizing rituals, sizzling
love letters and a killer recipe for Morning-After French Toast. It's
for the woman who has it all, without having to tie the knot. So the
next time you and your girlfriends are about to indulge in another
poor, single me conversation, open this book instead and jumpstart the
sensational solo life you deserve!
 
With
or Without a Man: Single Women Taking Control of Their Lives
The author gives women creative and sensible ideas for examining their
situations and feeling good about living on their own. She focuses on
building friendships, making decisions about children, creating a
comfortable home environment, and dealing with sexual feelings. In
addition to offering practical advice and perspective-building
exercises, she tells the warm, wise, and often humorous stories of the
many women she has counseled.
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