![]() ![]() ![]() (pen and ink drawings) "In this gay and wise little book," the author, then an assistant editor at Vogue, assures her intended readership - women living "a solitary existence-whether you like it or not" - that this experience "can be dull or fun, doom or adventure," depending entirely on your attitude and approach: "Above all, it needn't be lonely, as so many women let it be." She advises viewing it as "the chance of a lifetime to do as you please have a thoroughly good time, being as comfortable and gay as possible" - notions that in the 1930s no doubt struck many women as truly revolutionary. Illustrated by Cipé Pineles (illustrator). ![]()
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