Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, et al.

Book Overview

Singles are coming into their own: Each year more and more people are single either by choice or by circumstance. This book celebrates the joys and challenges of living life single, and like its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558747060
• ISBN13: 9781558747067
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Hci
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Forget Vitamin C & Aspirin, This is What the Doctor Ordered

If you're single and need a pick-me-up, this installment of Chicken Soup for the Soul is more inspirational than most. Instead of needing a box of hankies, get out your pom-poms and prepare to cheer. This book is brimming with hope, but there's something here for everyone.There are different phases that single people go through. Sometimes you're single and happy, sometimes you want to find your mate, and sometimes you're confused about being single yet again. All these topics (and more!) are covered in this book. The stories are written by the usual mix of unknown authors ... and the rich and famous.Bottom line - if you're single, this is the one must-have Chicken Soup book to get you through the rough spots.

Finally!

Just when I wondered if I was the only person being made to feel like a freak of nature for being single I found this book! Many people seem to think there's something wrong with anyone who isn't married. Meanwhile some of those around us are choosing to rush into marriage, stay in loveless marriages, or tolerate cheating or abusive spouses just to avoid the dreaded title of "single". This book made me feel (finally) like there are many, many other people who understand singlehood, and that being single doesn't make anybody less of a happy or fulfilled person, or good parent. In a "couple's world" I'm so relieved to know that I'm not the only one waiting for Prince Charming, and realizing that if I keep getting the frogs instead I'll still be okay! This is a very uplifting book and I highly recommend it!

Finally! A Chicken Soup for us Singles!

Having been a long time fan of the "Chicken Soup" series I naturally jumped at the chance when asked to review this book. Finally, a "Chicken Soup" aimed just for me. Yes, I read the one for the Mother's Soul, but the stories of family life were sometimes hard to relate to or to deal with. I had contemplated reading "Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul" because isn't that what we're really doing as single parents, surviving? But I knew that it just really wouldn't be what I was looking for. Well, no need to settle. "Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul" is a huge helping of what every single, in any situation, needs. I found myself diving into the book at every chance possible...In line at the bank, standing over the kitchen stove, waiting for a Monday morning sales meeting at work, and even fishing in a boat in the middle of the lake one sunny Sunday afternoon. This book of absolute inspiration is impossible to put down, and even more impossible to walk away from untouched. As with the other books in the series, you will read stories of unbelievable courage and strength through all types of adversity. As a single parent you will read many of the stories and be able to identify with the writer and relate something that you and your family have experienced. It's a good book to read when you're feeling down and defeated -- when you feel that you just simply can not go on anymore and the whole world is against you. Between these two magical covers are tale after tale of overcoming the odds, carrying on through the worst that life can give you, and simply finding yourself and being happy with who you are. Somewhere on this great earth, a complete strange has shared their thoughts and fears, shared their ups and downs, and made you take a second look at your life. Someone you can never thank, someone who's hand you can never shake and say "ya, I've been there too", someone somewhere will touch your soul when you lift this book to turn its pages. Whether you are Divorced, never married, Widowed, or a Single Parent this is a book well worth buying and leaving in a spot where you can read it daily. It will help you through the hard times and give you extra inspiration for the good times.

Great! I agree-you can be single and happy!

Because I am divorced and happy being single, I wanted to see what others in my situation felt. It is great to see other divorced, widowed, or single people content like I am, not out there desperately looking for a mate. I loved the chapters, Single and Happy and Single Again. I bought 4 copies for my single friends. Very inspiring!

Best Chicken Soup Book Yet!!!

I'm single, content and secure with remaining that way. My favorite story was Have Freedom, Will Travel. I could relate to and appreciate the independence and freedom that comes with being single which was reflected through the woman's experience.