A Singles Manifesto Anno 1974
Bella DePaula discovered through an obituary that Marie Barbare Edwards & Eleanor Hoover wrote a Singles Manifesto back in 1974. It fights internal and external singlism. Read all about it here. I’ll write more once I have the book…
See below for some ideas on how to get the publisher to reprint this book.
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Oh, and also, “not very appealing looking” is sort of the understatement of the century. = ) = )
I LOVE the idea of a reprint!! I actually just finished reading the book and am reviewing it on Onely. I put in a link to this post so we can hopefully get more people to write to Penguin. I’ll write them too as soon as I’m done with the review. –CC
Thanks, Wiebes! The book is available used at lots of different places. And it is a good read (at least the first chapter, which is as far as I’ve gotten…).
However, especially as I start reading it, I think it is still very relevant today and a reprint or even a commemorative edition would be great.
Ebay lists the book
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Challenge-of-Being-Single-Marie-Edwards-Eleanor_W0QQitemZ250380615856QQihZ015QQcategoryZ268QQcmdZViewItem
Here’s what I sent to ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com – if you’d like a clean version of the book, please join me:
I hope you managed to get one of the used books… I tried to find contact info for the publisher to see if we could pressure them in republishing it (you know, in memorium or something…). Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any info… If anybody has any ideas on who to contact to get the book republished (maybe with a preface by Bella DePaulo?) – please leave the suggestions in the comment area.
I love this Manifesto! Thanks so much for flagging! = )
Amazon, here I come. . .
CC