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Jana
Apr 07, 2015 rated it did not like it
Shelves: non-fiction, 2015
What a disappointment. I had been eagerly anticipating the release of this book for extremely obvious reasons. Part of my disappointment is my own fault - what I expected is not at all what this book was. I was hoping for a book that would address cultural and societal expectations about women and marriage, what it's like to be a 30-something and 40-something single woman in different places, and social science research on spinsterhood as it relates to careers, families, retirement, etc. I am ge ...more
Wendy Seles Shelton
Jan 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Lisa
Mar 06, 2018 rated it it was ok
Shelves: audiobook, memoir, 2018
Megan
May 13, 2015 marked it as to-read
Molly
May 26, 2015 marked it as did-not-finish
Alaina
Jun 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Leslie T
Jul 27, 2015 rated it really liked it
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Aug 30, 2015 rated it really liked it
Carrie
Sep 07, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 300-to-350-pages
Clementine Ford
Nov 29, 2015 rated it did not like it
Lua
Nov 30, 2015 marked it as to-read
Amy (folkpants)
Apr 07, 2016 rated it really liked it
Jessica
Apr 16, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sarah McKenna
Aug 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Nov 15, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jill
Apr 25, 2017 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Jan 17, 2018 marked it as to-read
Amy
Sep 16, 2018 rated it liked it
EmJay
Jan 06, 2019 added it
Shelves: memoir, biography
taeli
Jan 19, 2020 marked it as to-read
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May 29, 2021 marked it as to-read
Artemis
Jul 13, 2025 marked it as to-read