**βI found myself underlining sentences, and then entire passages, that resonated with me, articulating the extreme inadequacy and sense of dislocation single women of a certain age, like MacNicolβand like me βexperience in moments when others are growing closer without youβ¦an anthem to choosing the
No One Tells You This: A Memoir
β Scribed by MacNicol, Glynnis
- Book ID
- 110462218
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 613 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781501163135
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Selected as one of BuzzFeed's "Exciting Summer Books"
Featured in Goop's "15 Books We're Reading This Summer"
Selected as one of Vogue's "13 Books to Thrill, Entertain, and Sustain You This Summer"
Selected as one of Bustle's "15 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out In July 2018"
If the story doesn't end with marriage or a child, what then?
This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol on the eve of her 40th birthday. Despite a successful career as a writer, and an exciting life in New York City, Glynnis was constantly reminded she had neither of the things the world expected of a woman her age: a partner or a baby. She knew she was supposed to feel bad about this. After all, single women and those without children are often seen as objects of pity, relegated to the sidelines, or indulgent spoiled creatures who think only of themselves.
Glynnis refused to be cast into either of...
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