Susan Reynolds - The Everything Guide To Personal Finance For Single Mothers Book: A Step-by-step Plan for Achieving Financial Independence

THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO PERSONAL FINANCE FOR SINGLE MOTHERS

A step-by-step plan for achieving financial independence

Susan Reynolds and Robert Bexton, CFA.

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Reynolds, Susan.

The everything guide to personal finance for single mothers / Susan Reynolds and Robert Bexton.

p. cm. (An everything series book)

ISBN-13: 978-1-59869-248-8 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-1-60550-270-0 (EPUB)

ISBN-10: 1-59869-248-8 (pbk.)

1. Finance, Personal Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Women Finance, Personal Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Single mothers. I. Bexton, Robert. II. Title.

HG179.R429 2007

332.0240086947 dc22

2007001121

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THE Guide to Personal Finance for Single Mothers

Dear Reader,

After an acrimonious divorce, I raised my daughter and son virtually alone for fifteen years. I have faced the challenges you face, and I conquered most of them. My children and I weathered several financial downturns and learned valuable lessons about personal finance, inventiveness, and frugal living. What I want you to gain from this book which Robert and I have labored to make highly informative, relevant, and understandable is that you can be the pilot of your own financial ship. You can master the language and the skills required to navigate what may appear to be choppy financial waters, and you can establish habits that will make it entirely possible for you to build a healthy and wealthy life for yourself and your children. I hold fond hopes and dreams for you, my many soul sisters who strive so very, very hard to raise children under difficult financial circumstances and to whom I say, Take the reins of your financial fate, educate yourself, act decisively, invest in your future, live long, and prosper.

Susan Reynolds

Robert Bexton, CFA