![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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'Īnd, lest you worry about how to put all the advice into practice, every chapter includes a case study providing examples of women who heeded - and women who disregarded - these golden rules. The point is that there is a technique about living alone successfully, as there is about doing anything really well. 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. A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives-an artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay. 'Whether you view your one-woman mnage as Doom or Adventure, you need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it.' Marjorie Hillis provides no-nonsense. ![]() Five out of ten of the people who do so can't help themselves, and at least three of the others are irritatingly selfish. Marjorie Hillis, Lisa Hilton (Preface), Cip Pineles (Illustrator), Frank Crowninshield (Introduction) 3.66 Rating details 1,002 ratings 192 reviews. 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. Heres something I wrote about it: This is a cute book that advocates for women to enjoy themselvesas in to like being. ![]()
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