Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

by Eric Klinenberg

Book Overview

With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience.

Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers--whether in their twenties or eighties--are deeply engaged in social and civic life. There's even evidence that people who live alone enjoy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143122770
• ISBN13: 9780143122777
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher