Falling for me

I chanced upon this book as a "New Arrival" at the national library a week or two back. Since I was one book away from the maximum loan quote of 6, it was more of a might-as-well.

The author who is as well the focus of this book, Anna David, is an American journalist and television personality specializing in relationship as well as addiction and recovery (she was an alcoholic). Smart, successful and single, she decided to re-examine and recalibrate her life after chancing upon a classic written by Helen Gurley Brown (Cosmopolitan guru - she was editor-in-chief for 32 years) - "Sex & the Single Girl". Connecting immediately with Brown's message of self-empowerment combined with undeniable femininity, Anna ventured out of her comfort zone to meet men in new ways and date those she would have never considered before. Embarking on a journey that was intensely personal, she becomes adventurous and spontaneous - revising her wardrobe and apartment, learning how to cook and put on makeup, learning French, pottery and windsurfing, dashing off to Seville and tried speed dating.

No surprise, in the process, she ends up meeting the person really worth changing for: herself.

This book turned out to be quite a fun read - I guess part of the reason may be that I don't have much of an expectation in the first place. Haha. It's a funny and quirky fast read (finished it in 2 days) that focuses on her recovery from a heartbreaking romance with a married man and childhood insecurities.

Although I do have a question, how did this woman have trouble finding a guy?


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