Single Girls

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 futures. She hits the ground running at Cosmopolitan and never looks back. The novel introduces the talented women working alongside her, moving between their present-day ambitions, and their past. Unfortunately, this one did not quite hit the mark for me. I was hoping for a more intimate look at the iconic HGB, a woman who transformed what women read and how generations of women viewed themselves. Instead, much of the story focused on the backstories of the women around her, and I found myself less invested in those chapters.  I did not dislike the book, but I did not love it either. Readers who enjoy stories about ambitious women and the changing social landscape of the 1960s may connect with it more than I did. ⭐⭐⭐