Spinster Making a Life of One's Own

Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence. So at least goes the popular narrative of female happiness. In Spinster, Kate Bolick invites us to reclaim the term 'spinster' and explore the possibilities of remaining single. Part memoir, part cultural history, Bolick looks at her own life and the lives of five 'awakeners'—women from the past who provided her with a new way of thinking about womanhood and solitude. These women—columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, novelist Edith Wharton, and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman—helped her navigate the pressures of modern life and the choice to live on her own terms.

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