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51/50, September 2010
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The Magical Adventures of a Single Life
Soft Skull Press
September 2010
On Sale: August 24, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 1593764138
EAN: 9781593764135
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Non-Fiction Memoir
After years of living the LA high life, Kristen McGuiness found herself single, sober, and seriously questioning whether she was destined to be alone. How hard could it be to find a guy whose hand she could hold at the movie theater, whose name she could put down as her emergency contact at the doctorβs office, and who would know when to tell her sheβs beautiful? And more than thatβwhere was that euphoric full-body tingle spurred only by being in love? So she did what any single, newly sober thirty-year-old would do: made a pact to go on 51 dates in 50 weeks. Giving fate the middle finger, she decided that if the perfect guy wasnβt going to walk into her life, sheβd find him herself. Using The Onionβs online personals, a sympathetic boss, weekly meetings for recovering addicts, a magical spiritual healer, and good old fashioned blind dates arranged by friends, she embarks on a whirlwind carousel of men she might not normally classify as potential mates. Her initial plan of landing a man by simply increasing the odds quickly blossomed into more than just coffee with strangers. The experiences became truth-seeking missions, journeys into her problem-riddled past, and spiritual adventures in fear and faith. Of course, she meets a lot of men, but she also discovers unexpected moments of pain and joy within her own family: her divorced mother, incarcerated father, crazy Italian grandmother, and two middle-aged uncles (one conservative, the other gay). And in the end, her attempts to find love lead her to find herself. At times heart-breaking and laugh-out-loud hilarious, Kristen McGuinessβs witty, brutally honest writing gives a valuable true-life spin on Bridget Jones and Sex and the City. 51/50 is a gripping read that will inspire others to follow her courageous search for love.
 Media BuzzToday - August 31, 2010
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