Product Description

Who can resist a book with chapters such as 'A Lady and Her Liquor', 'Pleasures of a Single Bed' and 'Solitary Refinement'? In this priceless gem from a more genteel age, Marjorie Hillis provides no-nonsense advice for the single-but-hoping-not-to-be woman. *** 'This book is no brief for living alone. Five out of ten of the people who do so can't help themselves, and at least three of the others are irritatingly selfish. But the chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence ...The point is that there is a technique about living alone successfully, as there is about doing anything really well. Whether you view your one-woman menage as Doom or Adventure, you need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it' *** And, lest you worry about how to put all the advice into practice, every chapter concludes with a case study providing examples of women who heeded -- and women who disregarded -- these golden rules.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #221650 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

Review
'A gem of a book ... Richly deserves to be this year's Christmas best-seller ... a perfect bedside companion for the post-Bridget Jones generation, who see no reason to put their lives on hold until Mr Right appears' Daily Telegraph 'Marjorie's bracing style and timeless, witty pieces of advice have as much relevance for the Sex and the City generation as they did for her original audience' Daily Mail 'The literary equivalent of a purposeful stride on a kitten heel' Observer 'As fresh as paint' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian 'A celebration of highballs and high jinks - the perfect tool to infuse my solo status with a little elegance' Red 'Fun and informative' Heat 'Candace Bushnell, your time's up. Drain your cosmo and step aside. You've been usurped by yet another single-woman arbiter: Marjorie Hillis, the author of Live Alone and Like It' Saturday Post (Canada)

Ann Widdecombe, Sunday Telegraph
'Charming'

Virginia Ironside, Daily Express
'A fascinating insight into how much -- and how little -- has changed for the single female'