Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
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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 />
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