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Summary: How to Find a Husband after 35
Review: This is the perfect "How To" book for a successful career woman like myself. The content is easily read, is self explanatory, and gives plenty of practical and usable advise. Ms. Greenwald addresses the reader with frankness and a can do attitude that is contagious! I am immersed in following her 15 step program and am enjoying the process. Already, I feel empowered to take control of my personal relationships and look forward to a successful launch of my product--ME. I have found a mentor, as the book advises, and am working with her to work on the rest of the steps. Though I am at the beginning of the program, I see this part of my life in a totally different, more positive light. Thanks Ms. Greenwald, for addressing this issue of dating and marriage.
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Summary: Yenta for our times
Review: This book is basically a set-back for single women in our society -- I realize this Harvard MBA saw a chance to make a buck, tapping into an unfortunate legacy of the importance society attached to marriage, but, well, just see the New Yorker review: "the customer is always Mr. Right".
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Summary: Men are not fools
Review: This book, while addressing some practical aspects of life in general, is an insult to men and to women. The scare statistics on ratio of men to women are misleading. 30 years as a relationship consultant, am now dealing with nice women who found themselves "hopeless in the program." explaning to men not every woman is out there creating a "marketing image." Real men want real women, not corporate images. Visit me on line at www.logicalmating.com for compassionate/practical advice/
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Summary: welcome to the machine
Review: greenwald has written a terrifically awful book with an underlying thesis that you are just a manufactured product. yes, contrary to your beliefs that you are a human being with thoughts, emotions, and complexities that can't be channeled through a dumbed-down ad campaign, you CAN be condensed into something that can be essentially consumed... maybe soon they'll sell a 'lite' version of you at wal-mart, made in china? greenwald takes a disgusting strategy -- essentially lying, focusing on the glamourous details, and the ignorance of real world consequences, which has led to our current global economic disparities -- and applies them to perhaps the 'final frontier' that advertisers haven't yet grasped, love and dating, though they try as hard as they can. all in all, i thank greenwald for indoctrinating corporate, cultlike behavior into my private life and teaching women to become mechanical tools, obeying like robots to a set of rules that equivocates them to money, clothing, and video games. for shame.
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Summary: Something's missing
Review: Yes, there are some tips from the business world that we would all be wise to apply to our personal lives. Yes, it is better to meet more people rather than fewer people. Yes, it is a good idea to tell all your friends you are looking for a mate. And yes, of course, you'd be wise to package yourself well. But this book takes the analogy too far, insulting the intelligence of some women and maybe even erroneously steering them toward some hard-boiled business tactics when they would be better off taking a more mellow and spiritual approach to their personal lives. We all know people -- men and women -- who have made dating a numbers game, and it doesn't always work that way. I recently read another dating book, called Meeting, Mating and Cheating, which explores more of the subtleties of love and marriage. The book is mostly about online dating but it really just includes several real life stories of people who have been lucky and unlucky in love. It showed me a less formulaic side of looking for love, and was also a warm reminder that everyone really is in the same boat -- slogging along in often choppy waters. Not all of the stories in "Meeting, Mating and Cheating" have happy endings, but I found it a much more enjoyable, realistic, and comforting read.
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Summary: Just because someone's "educated" doesn't mean they're smart
Review: I am so tired of books like this that insult my intelligence. I guess the very title of the book is supposed to instill "fear" in women over 35, because it clearly implies that your chances are slimming down. And what's WRONG with being single? This book does nothing but perpetuate stereotypes of needy women, the elusive, non-commitive man, etc. What is so telling is that you don't see half the number of such books geared to men. I am embarrassed as a female that we are made out to be such a needy, whiny gender, by the sheer number of books on the market such as this one. And BTW, I DO wear pants, am very feminine, sleep with (some) guys on the first date, offer to contribute half of the bill for the first date, and ensuing dates, and have no trouble keeping men interested in me.
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Summary: A great book for the strong woman
Review: If you are an aggressive woman who can handle rejection and disappointment, then this book will speed up your search for your husband. If you are afraid of rejection, feel hopeless, inadequate or are just plain tired of looking, read Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self too, to learn how to make the most of every situation, take the best care of yourself and create your best life.
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Summary: Not Your Typical "Over 35" Book
Review: At first glance, this book seems like yet another "find a husband after 35" book. But instead of just targeting women because they are (ahem) older, it actually gives women a plan. A business plan, that is. Written by a successful businesswoman, this book actually lays out a marketing plan to catch a husband. As a marketing professional turned professional matchmaker, I loved the author's many analogies to marketing. The reason this book IS different is that it is written for women who understand business. It discusses the "strategy" of finding a husband versus the "chance encounter" approach. Any professional woman who likes the structure of a marketing plan will love this book. Plus, if marketing isn't your forte, it will also give you a crash course in basic marketing ... and that can't help but help your career, as well as your love life. This book focuses on a 15-step program to catch a hubby. Yes, that's a full 5 steps further than any Cosmo girl has ever gone, but the 15 steps aren't as overwhelming as they first might seem. Each step is based on sound marketing principles that we "over 35" women use every day. Things like making "the program" your top priority to developing an exit strategy (which means the man you're dating has to be marriage material or he goes in the dumpster lickety-split). Bottom Line-if you're a smart and savvy woman who wants a plan for her love life, this book is a great addition to your romantic education.
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Summary: Down with Therapy, Up with Madison Avenue
Review: Rachel Greenwald certainly knows her market - many singles over 35. I'm sure this book is a bestseller due to the "epidemic" of single people.
Telling people to bury their baggage seems to be dangerous advice. Then on step 13, you can go back to being who you are as a break from your search.
Some chapters are good - Ms. Greenwald certainly did her research on internet dating.
It would be interesting to interview the husbands of her successful clients. Did they know who their wife was after they returned from the honeymoon?
Overall - good as a reference, not as a program.
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Summary: Interesting Perspective
Review: This book expresses an interesting perspective about the interactions between men and women and I liked it. If you liked this book may I suggest you read (STUMBLING NAKED IN THE DARK: OVERCOMING MISTAKES MEN MAKE WITH WOMEN.) Within Stumbling it explains why there are so many women still single in their 30's now and why this is such a problem that is not getting better.
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