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Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
Brooke Hauser
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Description for Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
This female Mad Men-like story chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor's rise to power as both a cultural icon and trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American woman. In the mid-Sixties, Helen Gurley Brown, author of the groundbreaking Sex and the Single Girl, took over the ailing Cosmopolitan magazine and revamped it into one of the most successful brands in the world. At a time when magazines taught housewives how to make the perfect casserole, Helen reimagined Cosmo and womanhood itself, championing the independent, ambitious, man-loving single woman. Though she was married, to Hollywood producer David ... Read more
This female Mad Men-like story chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor's rise to power as both a cultural icon and trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American woman. In the mid-Sixties, Helen Gurley Brown, author of the groundbreaking Sex and the Single Girl, took over the ailing Cosmopolitan magazine and revamped it into one of the most successful brands in the world. At a time when magazines taught housewives how to make the perfect casserole, Helen reimagined Cosmo and womanhood itself, championing the independent, ambitious, man-loving single woman. Though she was married, to Hollywood producer David ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062342676
SKU
V9780062342676
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About Brooke Hauser
Brooke Hauser has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Allure, and Parade, among other publications. She is the author of The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, a winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives in western Massachusetts with her family and has taught nonfiction ... Read more
Reviews for Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
Engaging... Nimble-footed... Amusing...Throughout, Hauser weaves in passages connecting Brown to her contemporaries and the cultural landscape of the 1960s...[to] situate her life in the context of its times.
New York Times Book Review Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, Enter Helen. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and - the ultimate encomium where HGB was ... Read more
New York Times Book Review Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, Enter Helen. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and - the ultimate encomium where HGB was ... Read more