Jack Canfield - Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul: Stories of Love and Inspiration for Singles

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What People Are Saying About
Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul...

This book chronicles the meaningful, challenging and ultimately amazing realities of being a single person today. Anyone who was, is or may be single should keep a copy close at hand.

Trish McDermott
singles coach and
advice columnist, Match.com

Thank you for recognizing singles! These stories help us to make being single, the single best time of our lives. I suggest that all singles read the entire book, as it will help us all remember to Make every Single moment count.

Ric Mandelbaum
founder and president
Singles Source organization

Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul is the perfect companion if youre seeking love, laughter and loyalty. These inspiring tales will never let you down no matter how often you turn to them.

Andrea Engber
editor, SingleMOTHER
coauthor, The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to
Your Most Challenging Concerns

The secret to being happily single is recognizing ones self as a true friend. Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul expresses this perfectly.

Janet Sussman
spiritual counselor, writer and musician

All of us have days when we just need warm bowls of fresh encouragement from others. Thats what Chicken Soup for theSingles Soul does. It presents the stories of men and women like you and me, who, amid the busyness of everyday hassles, stopped to hear the greater lessons life was teaching them. As you and I read about their journeys, may we find fresh strength to continue our journeysevery single one of us.

Dr. Lynda Hunter
editor, Single-Parent Family

Tempted to have a poor ol single me party? Forget it! Pick up Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul. These stories have something to say to every single adultincluding you! Some of the stories sneak up on you and catch you off guard. While youre at it, buy a couple of copies. Because some single adult you know needs this book. Now!

Harold Ivan Smith
author, Singles Ask

This book provides a spiritual, inspirational lift for every single.

Janet L. Jacobsen
editor, Arizona Single Scene

Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul is like a best friend, giving you the support, inspiration and laughter you need on the journey through singledom.

Anthony Lawlor
author, A Home for the Soul

Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul is a heartwarming book, filled with love and laughter to lift and renew the soul!

Gary Gray
publisher and editor, Living Solo Magazine

CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE
SINGLES SOUL

Stories of Love and Inspiration for Singles

Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Jennifer Read Hawthorne
Marci Shimoff

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Cos Cob, CT

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ISBN: 978-1-4532-7993-9 (ePub)

Cover design by Andrea C. Uva
Interior design by Lawna Patterson Oldfield

Contents

Vivian Eisenecher

Bryan Aubrey

Linda Stafford

Nardi Reeder Campion

Bill Asenjo

Dawn McKenna

C. J. Herrmann

Megan Martin

Jean C. Fulton

Cara Wilson

Katie Mauro

Jan Coleman

Barbara Baumgardner

Judith L. Robinson

Dave Barry

Dick Purnell

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Rosemary Laurey

Pamela Elessa

Joan Rivers

Terry L. Fairchild

Cindy Jevne Buck

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Arnold Fine

Carol A. Price-Lopata

Arnold Fine

Jackie Shelton

Doris Byers as told to Shirley Byers Lalonde

Janice Lane Palko

Christine E. Belleris

Christine Harris-Amos as told to Cliff Marsh

Michelle Wolins as told to LeAnn Thieman

Diane Goldberg

Arnold Fine

Cathy Gohlke

Pamela J. Chandler

Deb Gatlin Towney

Toni Fulco

Arnold Fine

Linda Butler

Cielle Kollander

Nancy Rue

Judith Black

Paul Breon

James M. Jertson

Patricia Lorenz

Rob Gilbert and Karen Wydra

Brenda Nichols Ainley

Rob Loughran

Lizanne Southgate

Tina Fenech

Melanie M. Watkins

Kay Bolden

Barbara Feder Mindel

Louise Lenahan Wallace

Tom Durkin

C. L. Howard

Christie Craig

Cathy Lee Crosby

Jan Nations

J. A. Jance

David Haldane

Maggie Baxter

Jennifer Harris

Linda Ross Swanson

Bobbie Reed

Wilma Hankins Hlawiczka