The art of being alone - two book reviews
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cybermuleCatching up on book reviews - I've started reading again, but I've yet to create any evidence of that. Two books I read in quick succession were essentially two treatments of being a woman living on your own.
Live Alone and Like It - Marjorie Hillis
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Alone-Like-Classic-Single/dp/0446178225
This is what would probably be described as either plucky or spunky. Written in 1936 to support the rise of the batchelorette, it is in fact still relevant and interesting today. I may just think that because it seems I've nailed it, the living alone thing, but there are great chapters on how to make the most of being single, buck up, be cheerful and make it a good thing. And it manages that without being annoying or patronising. This was a library copy but I'd purchase it as a joking/not joking present for people of any gender finding themselves alone for the first time in a while. People could learn from it :)
The Body Artist - Don DeLillo
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Artist-Don-DeLillo/dp/033052495X
Been meaning to reread this for a while - I love some things about Don DeLillo. Mostly his writing style these days, rather than his cishetwhite-ness. But this is a peculiar, slim, haunting tale about a woman randomly left on her own after the death of her partner and how she deals with this loss. I still really enjoyed it on a second reading. Can recommend.
Live Alone and Like It - Marjorie Hillis
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Alone-Like-Classic-Single/dp/0446178225
This is what would probably be described as either plucky or spunky. Written in 1936 to support the rise of the batchelorette, it is in fact still relevant and interesting today. I may just think that because it seems I've nailed it, the living alone thing, but there are great chapters on how to make the most of being single, buck up, be cheerful and make it a good thing. And it manages that without being annoying or patronising. This was a library copy but I'd purchase it as a joking/not joking present for people of any gender finding themselves alone for the first time in a while. People could learn from it :)
The Body Artist - Don DeLillo
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Artist-Don-DeLillo/dp/033052495X
Been meaning to reread this for a while - I love some things about Don DeLillo. Mostly his writing style these days, rather than his cishetwhite-ness. But this is a peculiar, slim, haunting tale about a woman randomly left on her own after the death of her partner and how she deals with this loss. I still really enjoyed it on a second reading. Can recommend.
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