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Parker school and later earned a bachelor of arts degree from brown university 1993, followed by a masters degree 1997 and phd 2000 from the university of california, berkeley. Going solo is a really informative book on the challenges of living alone in cities at various stages of life. The recipient of numerous academic awards and fellowships, klinenberg has also written for rolling stone, the nation, and slate. Klinejberg starts out strong and keeps the momentum going for the first twothirds of the book, and his presentation of solo living for those in their twenties through their fifties is solid, wellinformed, and even makes it all sound downright exciting. Going solo is a powerful and necessary assessment of an unprecedented social change. Three years later, with that cover story in mind, i opened going solo, a book length thesis on the social ramifications of living alone by new york university sociology professor eric klinenberg. Modern romance book by eric klinenberg thriftbooks. The way eric klinenberg perceives the interviewees for his book on living alone, you really wouldnt want to be one of them.
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