Spinster

Why read it

• You will be able to tell your own wishes from the expectations you were handed about love and marriage
• You will meet women writers of the past who built lives on their own terms, and take ideas from them
• You will see why choosing to live alone still looks unusual, and what that says about how society is set up

Who it is for

• A single woman tired of being asked when she will marry
• Someone in their thirties rethinking what a good life needs
• Someone who secretly fears being alone and wants a calmer view

Contents

1. Author’s Note
2. Preface
3. 1 There, Thought Unbraids Itself
4. 2 The Spinster Wish
5. 3 The Essayist: Part I
6. 4 The Columnist
7. 5 The Poet
8. 6 The Essayist: Part II
9. 7 The Novelist
10. 8 The Social Visionary
11. 9 The Essayist: Part III
12. 10 Are Women People Yet?
13. Works Cited and Consulted

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