{"product_id":"the-unexpected-joy-of-being-single-locating-unattached-happiness-by-catherine-gray","title":"The Unexpected Joy of Being Single: Locating unattached happiness by Catherine Gray","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"joy of being single, catherine gray, bridget jones, helen fieldning, nora ephron, lily allen\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/d4842bd4-dd3d-40c2-aafe-a562f36fe9cf._CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970__.png\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving a secret single freak-out? Feeling the red, heart-shaped urgency intensify as the years roll on by? Oh hi! You're in the right place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver half of Brits aged 25-44 are now single. It's become the norm to remain solo until much later in life, given the average marriage ages of 35 (women) and 38 (men). Many of us are choosing never to marry at all.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut society, films, song lyrics and our parents are adamant that a happy ending has to be couple-shaped. That we're incomplete without an 'other half'*, like a bisected panto pony. Cue: single sorrow. Dating like it's a job. Spending half our lives waiting for somebody-we-fancy to text us back. Feeling haunted by the terms 'spinster' or 'confirmed bachelor.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatherine Gray took a whole year off dating to find single satisfaction. She lifted the lid on the reasons behind the global single revolution, explored the bizarre ways cultures single-shame, detached from 'all the good ones are gone!' panic and debunked the myth that married people are much happier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLet's start the reverse brainwash, in order to locate - and luxuriate in - single happiness. Are you in?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Other titles by Catherine Gray include the Unexpected Joy of Being Sober\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media-library-service-media\/e271abd1-bcea-4d66-b08b-056521043053.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46969158730034,"sku":"SNG9556","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7351\/5314\/files\/UnexpectedJoyofBeingSingle.jpg?v=1781793111","url":"https:\/\/www.powpex.com\/products\/the-unexpected-joy-of-being-single-locating-unattached-happiness-by-catherine-gray","provider":"Powpex Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}