Quirkyalone: A Manifesto For Uncompromising Romantics

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This is a funny, upbeat, inspiring guide for all those singles who identify with enjoying their unique lifestyles while waiting for the right romance to come along. It is a celebration of the discerning singles everywhere-the quirkyalone! Quirkyalone: a person who enjoys being single (or spending time alone) and so prefers to wait for the right person to come along rather than dating indiscriminately; relishing equal doses of solitude and friendship; attracted to freedom and possibility. Also adj.: The condition of being equally at home with singledom and being in a healthy relationship, undivided, whole of, relating to, or embodying quirkyalones. Emily Dickinson is definitely quirky, definitely alone, definitely not quirkyalone. Quirkyalones are sociable people. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are the enemies of quirkyalones everywhere. Fortunately, in the 21st century, TV shows like "Sex and the City" affirm that it's more than ok - it's cool to be single. Sasha Cagen has coined the term that defines the lonely romantic who prefers her (or his) own company to that of a less desirable counterpart. Defining "singledom as a natural resting state" for quirkyalones, Cagen's guide is the best kind of self-empowerment: incisive, savvy, and hilarious. The quirkyalone phenomenon has blossomed into its own holiday - coinciding with February 14. Equal parts self-help and hilarious pop culture, "Quirkyalone" is self-empowerment for the unique people of the world. Including quizzes, lists (quirkyalone movies, songs, books), this is not-your-average-relationship-book advice and words from other quirkyalones. Cagen's guide is the anti-relationship relationship book for the hip, smart singleton.

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"Cagen's up to something that could be as important for women (and men) as The Feminine Mystique was years ago..." -- --Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

"Fun, inspirational and provocative, this book is the perfect antidote to the Valentine's-inspired coupling." -- Publishers Weekly

"Cagen is not against setups or dating...She is emphatically not against sex. Rather, she is 'anti dull relationship.'" -- --New York Times Sunday Styles, 11/29/03

"We need to give credence to the nonsexual relationships...the idea of having significant others instead of a significant other." -- --Sasha Cagen, from US News & World Report, 10/6/03

"Cagen has put her finger on [society's] pulse...a positive spin on flying solo." -- Toronto Globe & Mail

Author Bio

Sasha Cagen's essays have appeared in various publications including The Village Voice, Utne Reader, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her magazine To-Do List is the winner of the Utne Reader's Alternate Press Award for Best New Magazine 2000, Reader's Choice.