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Plus One
Plus None, by Emica Mao
Plus One Plus None is filled with good advice with
wit and humor to boot. There is nothing
better than finding a book that offers helpful practical advice and is fun to
read in narrated story form.
Author Emica Mao talks about her life with a focus on her
introvert personality through a character named Zita. If you’re an introvert,
you will instantly connect with her upstream swim through life and growing
older. If you’re not an introvert, there will be insights and ah ha moments
when you recognize how introverts you know must feel. Extroverts feel there’s
something wrong with women who do not crave the spotlight, the married life,
and kids underfoot. Many make it the focus of their friendship (or if family,
relationship) to change anyone who can’t yet understand why these things are
essential. Well, they’re not, really, are they?
One thing I learned about making
decisions is sometimes deep within us, we have a secret answer already even
before we seek advice (though we would probably never admit this).
This is a must read for single women and a recommended read
for everyone else. From dating tips to relatable and funny stories, Plus One
Plus None will offer a juicy gem of something to remember on every page.
It’s empowering and motivates you to embrace the single life
for all it has to offer. After reading
this book you will be happily content in your own cozy cocoon.
Maybe as the number of people
who remain unmarried increases generation after generation, more people would
realize that being single is as mainstream as being married.
Entertaining from front to back there isn’t a dull
moment. Zita is a fun character to
follow, blunt and no holds barred. The
story, like it says from the start, is about breaking the linear path we all
feel we are on as we grow up. School,
job, kids and happily ever after. She
writes about her attempts to find Mr. Right and get on the path she’s
‘supposed’ to be on. Many women get on that path knowing that’s not what they
really want. Zita will not be one of them, she is true to herself and frank
about what she wants and it’s not diapers and commitment. She’s happy with
herself, her life, and her future. Anyone wondering how to get off the hamster
wheel of expectations will find resolve and motivation with this wonderful
book.
You are fully accountable for
your life. How your life has turned out so far and how it is turning out to be,
that is on you. There is nothing or no
one else to blame. In as much as there
are a lot of external factors in your life, the primary driver of your life is
no one else but you.
I found myself relating in some way, either directly or
indirectly through a friend, to all of Zita’s ups and downs. I think the main thing I got out of it was
comradery. I didn’t feel alone in being
single or that I’ve made the wrong choice anymore. You have to be brave to make
the right choice sometimes and this lady is as brave as they come. Introverts
do not like to share information about themselves, but she shows the good and
the bad, the ups and downs, successes and failures. She’s a success in my book!
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