Book - Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising App

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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
http://www.amazon.com/Going-Solo-Extrao ... 602&sr=8-1

I remember watching something on CSPAN 3 several weeks ago and they were advertising an interview with the author. I decided to pick it up off of Amazon. I'm maybe 40% into reading it but its a pretty good informative read I think. Wanted to throw this one out there as the topic isn't one that you're likely to find tons of resources on and from the picture he's painting it sounds like a lot of people are coming to the same conclusion - ie. not they absolutely want to be solo for the sake of it but that they'd much rather be alone than in a specifically bad or luke-warm relationship. Looks like he and his collegues did plenty of research into the roots of this, how the job market changed it as well as a lot of things that were happening in key urban areas even before the end of the 19th century.

I think it's great that it's becoming more socially acceptable to be alone. I'm sure many have endured unhappy marriages just because they feared society's judgment. Especially for women, who at one time had extremely limited career options.