Sex and The Single Girl : Before There Was Sex in the City, There Was (Cult Classics)

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Summary: savvy woman, savvy advice
Review: For someone like myself who has grown up with "everything is relative, make your own way, be yourself etc etc" you may be craving advice that doesn't just "sit on the fence."

This book is like having a naughty aunt whisper in your ear the "real facts" of life, love, men, apartments, food. Some advice may be a little dated, but curiously, not as much as you think.

My favourite quote, and there are many of them, is "When you work for toads, drain the pond..." I've repeated this to myself
many times in my first serious job after university working for loser macho men - and that's in a supposedly more "enlightened post-feminist" 2004!

I sincerely hope Helen is still living life to the fullest. It's a fun read.

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Summary: Mrs. Brown, you are the best!
Review: My sisters and I devoured Helen Gurley Brown's "Having It All" back in the 80s, so we were delighted to hear that her first book was back in print. It is a gem! Mrs. Brown attacks her perennial subject, that of taking charge, taking yourself and your endeavors seriously, and making the most of your life, with her characteristic vigor, honesty, and humor. This book talks not only about love and marriage, but about work, diet and health, entertaining, personal finance, style...no subject is too mundane for Mrs. Brown's lively investigation and commentary. Even the bits that are dated offer a fascinating window into another era and only serve to highlight what a zesty forerunner Mrs. Brown is and was. If you believe (or would like to) that your life is worth living well NOW, grab a copy of this book before it goes out of print again!

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Summary: Hooray!
Review: Wonderful! Helen Gurley Brown was a real trailblazer. Many people make fun of her, but she was one of the first women in the popular press to declare that women are sexual creatures, too--real human beings with desires, fears and ambitions. Thank you, Helen. You're not perfect and I don't always agree with you, but you were one of the most influential 20th-century feminists.