HOW TO BE SINGLE CREATIVELY

by Charles A. Fracchia ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 22, 1979

This essentially predictable plea for the single life as potentially fulfilling (rather than as a waiting period before or between marriages) would have benefited from some serious paring down. Its main points are relentlessly hammered home: concentration on finding ""Mr. or Ms. Right"" can keep singles from enjoying many different kinds of relationships, and forming the necessary social support systems; women must overcome the socially-conditioned reluctance to take the initiative in making contact with the opposite sex; singles must accept responsibility for their lives, buck up their self-esteem, face possible rejection fearlessly, and remain open to contact. Bay Area Lifestyle writer Fracchia advocates meeting singles at adult education courses, ""human potential"" organizations, singles activities, or even through advertisements; he also heralds the coming of the new ""urban, middle-class communes."" Not as jargon-ridden as the prescriptions in Emily Coleman and Betty Edwards' Brief Encounters (1978), this is nevertheless lean on meat and saddled with intrusive case histories.

Pub Date: July 22, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1979

Categories: NONFICTION