I read this when I was way too young to be an audience for this book. We’d love your help. As fan of Helen Gurley Brown, and of HER version of Cosmopolitan, I liked this book. I had the same reaction to this book. I'm glad I was able to survive my teen years with a healthy sense of self despite being bombarded with such dribble-I think I can look to my healthy love of Star Trek and nerdy sci fi as a nice contrasting anchor. Read all the articles, studied even the ads, couldn't wait for the "Cosmo Girl's Bedside Astrologer" edition. In thiShe's one of the most successful women in America, and now you can sit down and listen to her best advice, in her own voice - as if she were you best friend sharing a cup of coffee and telling all her secrets. As fan of Helen Gurley Brown, and of HER version of Cosmopolitan, I liked this book. Brown’s father died when she … It's pretty outrageous, and quite dated, but I did underline lines in here that stuck with me after I finished it. ("My dear, nobody wants you to waste your time, but you can soul-search your self to pieces and it isn't necessary," "Discipline!" She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. She endorses sex, with respect for marriage, and believes that experience is a good thing. The woman who believed in ‘having it all’ didn’t believe in having much to eat. If you are young, ignore the names of persons and focus on the substance, which is timely.Helen Gurley Brown, is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. I thoroughly enjoyed the audio book, as I listened to the author's purrs, conspiratory whispers and "dirty" nuances. I don't care if it's from Dr. Phil or Jane Goodall. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Society has moved on and I truly think Helen Gurley Brown gave it a push. Baker says: "She was always sending notes, written on a typewriter and amended by hand. "She and David were a real team," says Baker, now editor-in-chief at Red. Brown's father died in an elevator accident when she was young, and her sister was a polio victim. Helen Gurley Brown, is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. Yes, by the time she wrote this book she was in her late 50s/early 60s. Yes, much of this is dated. I had the same reaction to this book. A lot. January 1st 1993 Gurley Brown was still exercising for 45 minutes beside her desk at 85 years old, and was from a young age rarely without her custom-cut wigs and false eyelashes – though as former employee Gurley's marriage (at 37) to film producer David Brown marked the beginning of her most important personal and professional relationship, and continued until his death in 2010. I read this in my early 20s and remember thinking "you can't be all things to all people".Probably little longer than it should be, 'Having It All' was good. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Her own humble beginnings give her examples and credibility as someone who struggled with aTimeless wisdom on most aspects of life as a woman. Another HGB. (as did every friend I had, and yes, we discussed those articles among ourselves religiously) Cosmo was the "modern" woman's bible. Much of the junk is still current. ("My dear, nobody wants you to waste your time, but you can soul-search your self to pieces and it isn't necessary," "Discipline!" "The pioneering Cosmopolitan editor, who has died aged 90, taught generations of women that they were entitled to a career, a family and great sex tooHelen Gurley Brown in her Cosmopolitan office in 1965. I did take a grain of salt with some of the dated ideas, but a lot of her advice is still valid.
Yes, by the time she wrote this book she was in her late 50s/early 60s. I thought this book was so hilarious by today's standards! LibraryThing Review User Review - christinejoseph - LibraryThing. To many, she is the founding mother of women's magazine publishing and the woman who first put the concept of sex and single girls into the mainstream. to me it felt like being force-fed an entire chocolate cake--I like to flip through a Cosmopolitan magazine now and again but this was just...........too much, and a lot of it is very....bad (homophobic/biphobic, gender essentialist, fat shamey, classist...etc...)oof this has not aged well. Even the insane diet advice seems reasonable with her charming italics and "darlings" dropped in all the right spots. I thought this book was so hilarious by today's standards! Timeliness is important, but not everything, for advice to be sound. As a colleague and friend, she was kind and supportive. The epitome of the average woman succeeding, of hard work = success.It's nice to have advice and get some perspective from the 80's.Helen Gurley Brown, is an author, publisher, and businesswoman.
A lot. Where Helen changed things was how she felt single women should absolutely enjoy themselves along the way."