An interesting book that profiles many single women and the many different ways they’ve crafted their lives outside the traditional marriage model. The book covers a broad spectrum of women, from women who’ve always been single to divorced women, from women who seem to prefer being single to others who long for a partner.

The one thing I don’t like about this book is the overemphasis on raising children—The author herself is a single woman who chose to adopt a child, and admits that she tended to seek out women who wanted / had children as interviewees. But anyone who misses her single-sentence disclaimer about this fact may be misled into thinking that happy singlehood requires raising a kid (whether your own via blood / adoption or through some other less traditional means like getting heavily involved with relatives’ kids, teaching, etc.)

Still, an interesting and insightful book worth reading :)