Andrew's Reviews > Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

I'm a guy, and I loved this book. Because I understand all about women choosing not to marry.

Apparently.

Seriously though, Kate Bolick has written an insightful reflection of women's power to shape their own lives in the twenty-first century and, along the way, highlighted the many assumptions we make about women. Ever wonder why we ask women when they'll marry but only ask men if? The whole thing is framed as personal experience compared to the lives of five historic women writers who, in the main, lived inspirational solitary lives. A narrative device that always risks becoming a drag, and in not doing so testifies to Bolick's skill.

Because, ultimately, it starts with women but is about all of us. It's an ode to those who value their own time and own space in the world. And want to drop the stigma of spinsterhood, bachelorhood, and those other -hoods that labels enjoy giving us. It's a cry to be comfortable in your own self. Something that we could all benefit from.

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