"Whether you view your one-woman ménage as Doom or Adventure, you need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it." Thus begins Marjorie Hillis' archly funny, gently prescriptive manifesto for single women. Though it was 1936 when the Vogue editor first shared her wisdom with her fellow singletons, the tome has been passed lovingly through the generations, and is even more apt today than when it was first published. Hillis, a true bon vivant, was sick and tired of hearing single women carping about their living arrangements and lonely lives; this book is her invaluable wake-up call for single women to take control and enjoy their circumstances. Hillis takes readers through the fundamentals of living alone, including the importance of creating a hospitable environment at home, cultivating hobbies that keep her there ("for no woman can accept an invitation every night without coming to grief"), the question of whether single ladies may entertain men at home (the answer may surprise you!), and many more. With engaging chapter titles like "A Lady and Her Liquor" and "The Pleasures of a Single Bed," along with a new preface by author Laurie Graff (You Have to Kiss A Lot of Frogs), LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT is sure to appeal to live-aloners and many other readers alike.

Live Alone and Like It: The Classic Guide for the Single Woman

Hillis, Marjorie

Reference

5 Spot

You Can Start All Over: A Guide For The Widow And Divorcee

Roulston, Marjorie H.

Parenting & Relationships

Literary Licensing, LLC

Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Bubbly on Your Budget is an effervescent guide to living on a budget without sacrificing style. First published in 1937, these tips stand the test of time. Author Marjorie Hillis proves that it isn't how much we have, but how we act, that matters. With a charming can-do attitude she offers hundreds of creative solutions, including creating the perfect capsule wardrobe, dining out for brunch rather than dinner, and setting aside a budget for miscellaneous (this is where the bubbly fits in!) each month. Brimming with vintage line illustrations, this delightful book shows that being smart about money and living life to the fullest never goes out of style.

Bubbly on Your Budget: Live Luxuriously with What You Have

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Chronicle Books+

Who can resist a book with chapters such as "A Lady and Her Liquor," "Pleasures of a Single Bed," and "Solitary Refinement?" In this priceless gem from a more genteel age, Marjorie Hillis provides no-nonsense advice for the single-but-hoping-not-to-be woman.

History

Virago UK

First published in 1937, ORCHIDS ON YOUR BUDGET gives advice on all manner of subjects, from entertaining and creating the perfect capsule wardrobe to relinquishing the family estate. Lest you worry about how to put the advice into practice, each chapter concludes with a case study providing examples of women who heeded - and those lamentable souls who ignored - Marjorie's wise words.
'It's not difficult to have fun out of economising (up to a point), both because of the sense of achievement it gives you and because everyone else is doing it, too ... A slight financial pressure sharpens the wits, though it needn't sharpen the disposition. But it takes an interesting person to have an attractive ménage on a shoe-string and to run it with gaiety and charm ... Maybe you would rather play polo than pingpong, but if you've got an old pingpong set and no ponies, you'll get a lot more fun out of life from being a pingpong champion than from taking a dispirited whack with a polo mallet every now and then.

Orchids on Your Budget: Or Live Smartly on What You Have

Virago

About the Author\nMarjorie Hillis worked for Vogue magazine for more than 20 years. She was part of a growing number of independent professionals who lived alone by personal choice. In 1936 she wrote The Pleasure of Living Alone, the guide for “single women” (who became known as 'livealoners'); the book was an instant bestseller. Three years after the book's publication, at the age of 49, Hillis lovingly bade farewell to singleness, marrying T. H. Roulston.\nA song to the liberation of women in its fullness, in its space and in its desires. First published in 1936, this book has been passed down from generation to generation. Marjorie Hills, a true "bonvivant," shares her wisdom with tips and tricks to learn how to enjoy being single and lonely. Hillis takes readers through the basics of living alone, including the importance of creating a hospitable home environment, the question of whether women can entertain men at home (the answer may surprise you!), and much more.

El placer de vivir sola (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Malpaso Editorial

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