Unattached: Empowering Essays on Singlehood

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The single positivity movement is here, and this book, curated by award-winning entrepreneur, podcaster and Editor-In-Chief of About Time Magazine, Angelica Malin, will turbo-charge the revolution. Thirty women, from Megan Barton-Hanson and Shaparak Khorsandi to Shon Faye and Stephanie Yeboah write on what single womanhood in the modern age means to them. Have you ever worried about going on holiday alone? Felt queasy at the thought of Valentine's Day without a date? Thought to yourself, "I want what she has?" This book is the tonic you need. ANGELICA MALIN - MEGAN BARTON HANSON - ANNIE LORD - STEPHANIE YEBOAH - SHAPARAK KHORSANDI - POORNA BELL - CHARLIE CRAGGS - REBECCA REID - ASHLEY JAMES - CHANT JOSEPH - ROSIE WILBY - SALMA EL-WARDANY - NATALIE BYRNE - SHON FAYE - VENUS LIBIDO - JESSICA MORGAN - FRANCESCA SPECTER - SHANI SILVER - RACHEL THOMPSON - BELLA DEPAULO - MIA LEVITIN - FELICITY MORSE - KETAKI CHOWKHANI - LUCIE BROWNLEE - CHLOE PIERRE - SOPHIA MONEY-COUTTS - NICOLA SLAWSON - RAHEL AKLILU - SOPHIA LEONIE - ROSE STOKES - MADELEINE SPENCER Curated by journalist and author Angelica Malin, Unattached explores the nuances of being single today through the voices of thirty women; with personal essays reflecting both the unique challenges (hello, going to a wedding alone), and the glorious benefits (goodbye, joint bank account). Unattached shines a light on brilliant women stepping into their power, owning being alone, and reveals the true depth of female potential when we choose to go against what society expects of us and revel in our own strength.

An award-winning entrepreneur, podcast and event host based in London, Angelica Malin is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of About Time Magazine, one of the UK's leading lifestyle magazines. An ambitious young entrepreneur, Angelica also runs #SheStartedItLIVE, a festival of female empowerment. Angelica is also the author of She Made It- The Toolkit for Female Founders in the Digital Age.

Malin has assembled an admirable and diverse roster of voices... fascinating -- Pandora Sykes * The Guardian * Unattached sees some of the UK's best writers politely asking societal norms to move down the bench while celebrating and honouring oneself -- Shannon Connellan * Mashable * [Unattached] is an ode to the single positivity movement... The book celebrates shedding the weight of traditional labels and reclaiming the power of female solitude * Bustle * Inspired -- Francesca Specter * Glamour * [Unattached] calls to broaden the definition of romance, to quit thinking of single life as mere prologue and to wonder whether the reason we're taught to fear going solo might perhaps be that it makes us so very powerful -- Hephzibah Anderson * The Guardian *