![]() ![]() ![]() (NOTE that there is no edition or printing statement in the book itself, but the front panel of the dust jacket declares this copy to be part of the "90th to 100th Thousand" printing.) An exceptionally nice-looking copy, uncommon in this condition. Youve been usurped by yet another single-woman arbiter: Marjorie Hillis, the author of Live Alone and Like It. ![]() As Joanna Scutts described it in her 2018 book "The Extra Woman": "Her book celebrated guts, indulgence, and above all, independence it was funny, brisk, and endlessly quotable." The book was one of the best-selling nonfiction books of 1936, and its follow-up, "Orchids on Your Budget," enjoyed similar success the following year. The ongoing Depression and dire political situation in Europe meant that. (pen and ink drawings) "In this gay and wise little book," the author, then an assistant editor at Vogue, assures her intended readership - women living "a solitary existence-whether you like it or not" - that this experience "can be dull or fun, doom or adventure," depending entirely on your attitude and approach: "Above all, it needn't be lonely, as so many women let it be." She advises viewing it as "the chance of a lifetime to do as you please have a thoroughly good time, being as comfortable and gay as possible" - notions that in the 1930s no doubt struck many women as truly revolutionary. Live Alone and Like It by Marjorie Hillis Grand Central Publishing The 1930s were a boom era for self-help in America. Illustrated by Cipé Pineles (illustrator). Marjorie Hillis (1889-1971) worked for Vogue for over twenty years, beginning her career as a captions writer for the pattern book and working her way up to. ![]()
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