The Last Single Woman in America

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A sassy (USA Today), funny, fast-talking (New York Daily News) great read (People) that unfolds like a conversation with your bawdy best friend over a glassor a bottleof wine Whether shes being greeted by the news that her brother has thrown her underwear off a Mardi Gras float, desperately trying to kick Dave Matthews out of her car before he discovers that her 6-CD changer contains six Dave Matthews CDs, or hosting a friends baby shower after learning that her boyfriend has impregnated another woman, Cindy Guidry writes with the ease of a born raconteur. This is the rare book that provokes both belly laughs and tears, as Guidry barrels through the obstacle course of life, refusing to see her grass as anything other than green. The Last Single Woman in America belongs on the same shelf as bestsellers like Dont Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff, I Was Told Thered Be Cake by Sloane Crosley, and I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron.

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"No one is safe from her pen...a sharp eye for comic detail... a fresh and funny first book."
-"Library Journal"

"Written in a distinctive voice and with incredible sexual frankness...a lot of laughs."
-"Times-Picayune"


No one is safe from her pena sharp eye for comic detail a fresh and funny first book.
"Library Journal"

Written in a distinctive voice and with incredible sexual frankness...a lot of laughs.
"Times-Picayune"
aNo one is safe from her pena]a sharp eye for comic detaila] a fresh and funny first book.a
a"Library Journal"
aWritten in a distinctive voice and with incredible sexual frankness...a lot of laughs.a
a"Times-Picayune"
aLabeled a memoir, this is really a collection of essays born from adversity. Guidry struggles to redefine herself while making the transition from film executive to unemployed Hollywood individual, and she continually encounters resistance in a landscape where being single is considered by many as being incomplete. But these are only some of the conflicts Guidry examines. No one is safe from her pen; the state of her parents' marriage comes under fire, and her neighbors, her ex-boyfriends, and even she herself are all targets. (She's careful to begin the book with a disclaimer stating that while these stories are emotionally true, some facts have been altered for effect.) The end product succeeds: Guidry does not take herself too seriously, and she has a sharp eye for comic detail. Although her observations about sex, gender relations, and the world today are pointed, for the most part, she handles her characters with gentleness. A fresh and funny first book that would make a good purchase for any popular collection.a
aAudrey Snowden, "Library Journal"
"Wickedly funny. Continuously rib-tickling except for the moments it reminded me that I'm ashamed to be a man"
aPaul Dinello, writer and co-star, "Strangers with Candy"
aLike a modern day Dorothy Parker, Cindy Guidry is wickedly observant and outrageously funny. Whether youare single or married, male or female, youall be captivated by Guidryas rollicking stories and unforgettable characters. And thatas just the start. "The Last Single Woman in America" is filled with tenderness, truth, power and pain, and one can only hope that this marks the beginning of a long-term relationship with a remarkable new writer.a
aBenSherwood, author of "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud" and "The Man Who Ate the 747"
"Wickedly funny. Continuously rib-tickling except for the moments it reminded me that I'm ashamed to be a man"
-Paul Dinello, writer and co-star, "Strangers with Candy"
"Like a modern day Dorothy Parker, Cindy Guidry is wickedly observant and outrageously funny. Whether you're single or married, male or female, you'll be captivated by Guidry's rollicking stories and unforgettable characters. And that's just the start. "The Last Single Woman in America" is filled with tenderness, truth, power and pain, and one can only hope that this marks the beginning of a long-term relationship with a remarkable new writer."
-Ben Sherwood, author of "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud" and "The Man Who Ate the 747"