Living Alone and Loving It: A Guide to Relishing the Solo Life

After a relationship impasse, Barbara Feldon -- universally known as the effervescent spy "99" on Get Smart -- found herself living alone. Little did she know that this time would become one of the most enriching and joyous periods of her life.

Now Feldon shares her secrets for living alone and loving it. Prescribing antidotes for loneliness, salves for fears, and answers for just about every question that arises in an unpartnered day, she covers both the practical and emotional aspects of the solo life, including how to:

Stop imagining that marriage is a solution for loneliness • Nurture a glowing self-image that is not dependent on an admirer • Value connections that might be overlooked • Develop your creative side • End negative thinking

Whether you are blessed with the promise of youth or the wisdom of age, Living Alone & Loving It will instill the know-how to forge a life with few maps and many adventures.

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Part of a solution, 2008-02-19
Ms. Feldon's book on living alone is based on her own experiences and reflects what she has learned through living alone and the advice she has been given and which she would give to a friend in the same circumstances. What she has to say can be a good starting point for coming to terms with the single life, especially for people who rather suddenly find themselves without a companion.

Not every word of this book will be of help to every single person who reads it. What Feldon does when trying to cope with loneliness and depression is not readily available to everyone, things like flying to the south of France or gathering one's friends around. However, the essence of the ideas is there for anyone to mold to their own purpose and purse strings.

Overall, one of Feldon's most important contributions is spreading the knowledge that there are other singles out there. Singleness is not a recognized condition in the world around us, except for the young set, many of whom have not yet married. Recognition of the aging of our population, although studied and reported, has not yet had an effect on marketing, access to social events, etc. With books like this, perhaps we will at last be counted.


2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Not recommended, 2007-06-29
I just started reading this book last night, then I started skimming it, and then I stopped reading it. This book seems to be written for and by a very wealthy and very bored person. Ms. Feldon seems to lack any real insight into the lives and circumstances of her readers, but instead appears to have used a thesaurus to translate her simple thoughts into what she calls a "guide".


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Invaluable, 2007-04-21
I am so grateful for this book and to Barbara Feldon to write it for us.
It prepared me for the holidays and how to plan for them so I could get through them. I am thankful that she helped me avoid pitfalls during vacations. And her clear and simple direction about designing my financial independence put me on the right track. Her wonderful hints how to have nice highlights with people with whom we interact all the time is making my daily life filled with kindness and friendly smiles. I still refer to her book all the time when I need to remind myself to be kind to myself and when the solo life gets rough sometimes. It is a must-have!


1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

interesting life, 2007-03-11
found the book more interesting to read as a biography of barbara feldon's life than as a self help get over the break up type of manual...there really isn't anything in the book that your friends won't tell you anyway! still - i'm glad i'm reading it.


4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Not sure if I liked this one so much, 2007-01-10
It was difficult to get into reading this book, since I had just finished reading "Single: The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled, and Independent" by Judy Ford (which I highly recommend over this book). In my opinion, "Living Alone and Loving It" reads more like the author's autobiography of singleness than it does as a guide to actually "loving it". It's not as matter-of-fact and loveable as "Single" was. Barbara Feldon tends to get over-wordy where it isn't necessary, as if she was trying to write the great American novel when she wrote this. It is nice to read her book and know that you're not alone in your singleness, but this book was almost down-right boring.

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