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ISbN 978-0-14-312277-7 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN)<br />

Social Science/Sociology 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 288 pp.<br />

Rights: E00 Pub history: The <strong>Penguin</strong> Press hc<br />

978-1-59420-322-0 On sale: 1/29/<strong>2013</strong><br />

SuggeSTeD ORDeR<br />

“ Going Solo . . . is causing<br />

a sensation, both for how it has<br />

shaken up our traditional notions of<br />

the single life and as a sociological<br />

breakthrough.” —Toronto Star<br />

“ Relevant, engaging, and<br />

deeply insightful. . . .<br />

A fascinating volume that infuses<br />

serious social-science research with<br />

captivating personal stories.”<br />

—Edward Glaeser, author of<br />

Triumph of the City<br />

“ This book will change our lives . . .<br />

so important that it is likely to become<br />

both a popular read and a social science<br />

classic.” —Psychology Today<br />

Going Solo<br />

The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone<br />

Eric Klinenberg<br />

With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of<br />

people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends<br />

conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how<br />

the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience.<br />

Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers—whether in their<br />

twenties or eighties—are deeply engaged in social and civic life.<br />

There’s even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better<br />

mental health and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles.<br />

Drawing on more than three hundred in-depth interviews,<br />

Klinenberg presents a revelatory examination of the most significant<br />

demographic shift since the baby boom and offers surprising<br />

insights on the benefits of this epochal change.<br />

n Eric Klinenberg’s essay “Living Alone Is the New Norm” was<br />

#1 on Time magazine’s list of “10 Ideas That Are Changing<br />

Our Lives”<br />

n Featured on Today, Real Time with Bill Maher, and<br />

PBS NewsHour, as well as in the New York Times<br />

n Visit ericklinenberg.com<br />

eRiC klinenBeRg is a professor of sociology at New<br />

York University and the editor of the journal Public Culture. His<br />

first book, Heat Wave, won several prizes and was declared a<br />

“Favorite Book” by the Chicago Tribune. He lives in New York City.<br />

National Radio Telephone Interviews<br />

Online Publicity<br />

ClassiC <strong>Penguin</strong><br />

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