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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

Single Girls

★★★☆☆

Reviewed July 10, 2026 · Historical Fiction

It is 1965, and Helen Gurley Brown has convinced the head of a major publishing conglomerate to give her a chance. She has three issues to revive one of the company’s failing magazines. Having recently published Sex and the Single Girl, Helen knows exactly what modern women want: freedom, independence, sexual satisfaction, and control over their own…

Published by Mariner Books

Happy reading,
Karen