tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7578307660075852267..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Live Alone and Like ItStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68257520322365911322013-05-18T04:11:24.405+01:002013-05-18T04:11:24.405+01:00I just watched Daffy Duck's Fantasy Island, an...I just watched Daffy Duck's Fantasy Island, and the short with Foghorn Leghorn and Prissy from 1951 "Lovelorn Leghorn" had a book ironically called "Live Alone and Hate It". <br /><br />You can see it in the video below:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=j0S77nTc1NE#t=51sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52676909628734902182011-09-14T12:51:11.228+01:002011-09-14T12:51:11.228+01:00Thanks so much, Dan!Thanks so much, Dan!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73887234336383206642011-09-06T23:55:21.523+01:002011-09-06T23:55:21.523+01:00This sounds wonderful! I loved the last quote too...This sounds wonderful! I loved the last quote too AND your illustration...my favorite of yours yet!DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37202589783681118782011-09-06T11:45:16.368+01:002011-09-06T11:45:16.368+01:00Audrey - thanks for the tip about Orchids on Your ...<b>Audrey</b> - thanks for the tip about Orchids on Your Budget - that could be another charmer!<br /><br /><b>Claire</b> - thanks very much :) And I think you should definitely revisit - you might appreciate the humour more now.<br /><br /><b>Moggy</b> - great!<br /><br /><b>Mystica</b> - absolutely, I think anybody could find this interesting, if they have a taste for interwar literature.<br /><br /><b>Sarah</b> - how wonderful! I must get my own copies of these books - I just read it in the library. I do wonder if an equivalent has ever been written for men, that isn't just about beer and football... but I suppose a lot of this book applies to either gender.<br /><br /><b>Peter</b> - good question!<br /><br /><b>Tanya</b> - yes, I agree about statistics - but I do feel sorry for those men who didn't fit into the statistical norm! They must have felt even more like failures (if they felt that way at all) given how many single women there were.<br /><br /><b>Sakura</b> - I think the role of men has been really fluid since then - feminism has done so much for women, rightfully so, that men need the equivalent reassessment from our own ranks. Hmm...<br /><br /><b>Robin</b> - great! Let me know what you think.<br /><br /><b>Julia</b> - I've been fascinated by this period ever since I started reading grown-up books (!) - maybe a little too blinded to all other periods, but at least I have an area of expertise, I guess!<br /><br /><b>Nancy</b> - haha, very true! Feel free to post the url...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22872379783251022672011-09-02T20:15:29.350+01:002011-09-02T20:15:29.350+01:00Simon, I was truly tempted to post the url to your...Simon, I was truly tempted to post the url to your blog on Facebook just so I could add that paragraph beginning "Most people's minds are like ponds and need a constantly fresh stream of ideas..." (should have added more here). That paragraph almost describes Facebook activity, doesn't it? :-)nancy b thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689071270691516915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44698285342129158482011-09-02T16:34:11.075+01:002011-09-02T16:34:11.075+01:00I'm so glad you did decide to share this one w...I'm so glad you did decide to share this one with us. It is indeed an interesting historical item, all those "surplus women" after WWI. I've been reading more WWI and just-after-WWI stuff (fiction and non) in the last year than ever before - still not lots, but this phenomenon is sort of close to the surface of my mind these days. So your post was well-timed. Thanks for the recommendation.<br /><br />(BTW, sort of related: I'm currently reading a pre-pub galley of Wade Davis's <em>Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest</em>. So far, pretty good WWI coverage and interesting topics...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-62788647374851713102011-09-02T14:33:31.599+01:002011-09-02T14:33:31.599+01:00Thanks for these, I'm looking forward to readi...Thanks for these, I'm looking forward to reading both. Happily for some of us, both of these books are available for the kindle in the U. S.<br /><br />Robin in TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11221389649042596422011-09-02T13:43:38.631+01:002011-09-02T13:43:38.631+01:00I really enjoyed Nicholson's Singled Out so wi...I really enjoyed Nicholson's Singled Out so will definitely be checking this out. I like your comment about men having a tough time too, especially since single women were also increasingly enjoying their freedom from family, duty, drudgery etc., and were probably thinking more about their choices too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56487622808500732482011-09-02T09:43:15.048+01:002011-09-02T09:43:15.048+01:00This sounds great, Simon - I must track it down. ...This sounds great, Simon - I must track it down. Incidentally I think the assumption that "any single man could easily get married" is true at the statistical level, at least in the UK - there's quite a bit in Martin Pugh's <i>We Danced All Night </i> about the marriage rate actually going up between the wars, despite the "surplus women". Although obviously individual stories won't necessarily conform to statistical evidence ...Tanya Izzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229305256800572696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7151601490851965102011-09-02T08:46:16.443+01:002011-09-02T08:46:16.443+01:00Did we ever need a term to describe unmarried anyo...Did we ever need a term to describe unmarried anyone? I like your closing quotation, that is certainly still good advice!<br /><br />The Cat is backDark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29658419967786108892011-09-02T08:03:49.056+01:002011-09-02T08:03:49.056+01:00This is *such* a wonderful book. I bought it whil...This is *such* a wonderful book. I bought it while I was at uni and it has travelled with me ever since. Whenever I'm feeling down, I just have to flick through these pages and then I feel inspired to wear tea-gowns, drink obscure cocktails and hold charming dinner parties in my two-room-apartment-with-no-maid. :-) She's got a delicious sense of humour, and some of her examples are a little archaic now, but the spirit of her advice is spot-on. A friend bought me Orchids On Your Budget a couple of years ago too, which is equally good - and appropriate reading for this new age of austerity...Sarahhttp://theidlewoman.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63430692126171845352011-09-02T06:10:58.933+01:002011-09-02T06:10:58.933+01:00Sounds such a good book to read. (for anyone actua...Sounds such a good book to read. (for anyone actually).Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66543906844293151242011-09-02T05:55:20.035+01:002011-09-02T05:55:20.035+01:00Thank you, I'm going to read this!Thank you, I'm going to read this!Moggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17035653140290389242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71195606853646301492011-09-02T04:11:18.830+01:002011-09-02T04:11:18.830+01:00I vaguely remember reading this in school alongsid...I vaguely remember reading this in school alongside <i>Sex and the Single Girl</i>, though I have to admit that Helen Gurley Brown made a bit more of an impact on my sixteen year old self. But I think I'd certainly appreciate it more now! Also, love the cartoon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48613265183426122362011-09-02T01:23:22.259+01:002011-09-02T01:23:22.259+01:00Can. Not. Wait. To. Read. This, (especially since ...Can. Not. Wait. To. Read. This, (especially since I am prone to needlepointing at people, which is probably worse than knitting at them). (I just saw on Amazon that she wrote another book - Orchids on Your Budget - which looks delightful, too.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.com