Live Alone And Like It: The Classic Guide For The Single Woman
by Marjorie Hillis /
2008 / English / EPUB
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"Whether you view your one-woman ménage as Doom or Adventure, you
need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it."
"Whether you view your one-woman ménage as Doom or Adventure, you
need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it."
Thus begins Marjorie Hillis' archly funny, gently prescriptive
manifesto for single women. Though it was 1936 when the Vogue
editor first shared her wisdom with her fellow singletons, the tome
has been passed lovingly through the generations, and is even more
apt today than when it was first published. Hillis, a true bon
vivant, was sick and tired of hearing single women carping about
their living arrangements and lonely lives; this book is her
invaluable wake-up call for single women to take control and enjoy
their circumstances.
Thus begins Marjorie Hillis' archly funny, gently prescriptive
manifesto for single women. Though it was 1936 when the Vogue
editor first shared her wisdom with her fellow singletons, the tome
has been passed lovingly through the generations, and is even more
apt today than when it was first published. Hillis, a true bon
vivant, was sick and tired of hearing single women carping about
their living arrangements and lonely lives; this book is her
invaluable wake-up call for single women to take control and enjoy
their circumstances.
Hillis takes readers through the fundamentals of living alone,
including the importance of creating a hospitable environment at
home, cultivating hobbies that keep her there ("for no woman can
accept an invitation every night without coming to grief"), the
question of whether single ladies may entertain men at home (the
answer may surprise you!), and many more.
Hillis takes readers through the fundamentals of living alone,
including the importance of creating a hospitable environment at
home, cultivating hobbies that keep her there ("for no woman can
accept an invitation every night without coming to grief"), the
question of whether single ladies may entertain men at home (the
answer may surprise you!), and many more.
With engaging chapter titles like "A Lady and Her Liquor" and "The
Pleasures of a Single Bed," along with a new preface by author
Laurie Graff (
With engaging chapter titles like "A Lady and Her Liquor" and "The
Pleasures of a Single Bed," along with a new preface by author
Laurie Graff (You Have to Kiss A Lot of Frogs
You Have to Kiss A Lot of Frogs), LIVE ALONE
AND LIKE IT is sure to appeal to live-aloners and many other
readers alike.
), LIVE ALONE
AND LIKE IT is sure to appeal to live-aloners and many other
readers alike.