Single: Building a Complete Life on Your Own - Softcover

Slawson, Nicola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1035423383 ISBN 13: 9781035423385

Publisher: Headline Home, 2026

Synopsis

'A joyous read' Stylist

'Fiercely honest and comforting' Irish Independent

'The book every single woman needs' Rebecca Reid

Around 40 per cent of UK adults are single at any one time. Far from being a transitional state between relationships, singledom has a lot to offer in terms of freedom, self-discovery and self-determination. At the same time, there are challenges, from the social to the economic. How do you handle being ill if you are alone? Who do you call if you're stranded out late at night? If you don't find the right person to have a baby with, should you become a parent alone?

In Single, Nicola explores being un-partnered in a world designed for couples, and how to find the joy in the life that you are already living. If you are newly single, long-term single, avowedly single, reluctantly so, considering leaving your current relationship or just wondering what to say to your aunt next time she asks if you'll ever get married - this book is for you.

'I wish Single existed when I was single' Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love

'A warm, joyful book full of solidarity and lots of new ways of looking at single life' Radhika Sanghani, author of 30 Things I Love About Myself

About this title

About the Author

Nicola Slawson is a freelance journalist, writer and public speaker who has written opinion pieces and features focusing on single life for the Independent, the i paper, Refinery29, HuffPost and Positive News. Her award-winning newsletter has been featured in the Guardian, HuffPost, the Evening Standard, Women's Health, Stylist, Mashable, the Irish Business Post and the French edition of Slate. In 2020, she was chosen by the i paper, alongside the likes of Poorna Bell, Tracy Brabin, Africa Brooke and Louise Minchin, as one of 14 women who have changed the conversation about issues that affect women.

From the Back Cover

'A warm, joyful book full of solidarity and lots of new ways of looking at single life' Radhika Sanghani, author of 30 Things I Love About Myself

Around 40 per cent of UK adults are single at any one time. Far from being a transitional state between relationships, singledom has a lot to offer in terms of freedom, self-discovery and self-determination. At the same time, there are challenges, from the social to the economic. How do you handle being ill if you are alone? Who do you call if you're stranded out late at night? If you don't find the right person to have a baby with, should you become a parent alone?

In Single, Nicola explores being un-partnered in a world designed for couples, and how to find the joy in the life that you are already living. If you are newly single, long-term single, avowedly single, reluctantly so, considering leaving your current relationship or just wondering what to say to your aunt next time she asks if you'll ever get married - this book is for you.

'I wish Single existed when I was single' Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Home
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035423383
• ISBN 13: 9781035423385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368