Who knew that at this date some 50% of americans live alone. Written by eric klinenberg, audiobook narrated by patrick lawlor. The stunning appeal of a story about a man who died alone. One of the most consequential and least noticed changes of all is the subject of new york university sociologist eric klinenberg s thoughtprovoking new book going solo. T he way eric klinenberg perceives the interviewees for his book on living alone, you really wouldnt want to be. Today, more than 50 percent of american adults are single, and 31 millionroughly one out of every seven adultslive alone.
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With eyeopening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who go solo, klinenberg upends the conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of living alone is transforming the american experience. Eric klinenberg is professor of sociology and director of the institute for public knowledge at new york university. I just finished the e book of eric klinenberg s going solo. The extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone, by eric klinenberg. Feb 27, 2014 buy going solo by eric klinenberg isbn. The extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone, gives a. New york university professor and chicago native eric klinenberg, author of the widely debated going solo. An increasing number of americans are living by themselves, whether as twentysomethings or eightysomethings.
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