title: Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman
author:  Brooke Hauser 
description: Engaging. Nimble-footed. Amusing.Throughout, Hauser weaves in passages connecting Brown to her contemporaries and the cultural landscape of the 1960s[to] situate her life in the context of its times. (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>)<br /><br />Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, <em>Enter Helen</em>. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and  the ultimate encomium where HGB was concerned  fun. (<em>Washington Post</em>)<br /><br />Legendary, inimitable <em>Cosmopolitan</em> editor and <em>Sex and the Single Girl</em> author Helen Gurley Brown comes alive in Hausers hands. (<em>Entertainment Weekly</em>, Must List)<br /><br />Encapsulates the colorful life of a woman who rocked minis well into her eighties. (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>)<br /><br />Excellent. (<em>The Week</em>)<br /><br />A must-read piece of proto-feminist history. (<em>Lenny</em> Letter)<br /><br />Hauser deftly pulls out fascinating details. Some truly juicy moments. Hauser dives into her youth and her early career in advertising far more than these years have been explored previously, setting the stage much more firmly for understanding how Brown accomplished all that she did. (<em>Jezebel</em>)<br /><br />A compelling drama about a determined woman and <em>Cosmopolitan</em> editor, the original <em>Sex and the City</em> gal Helen Gurley Brown, which reveals how powerful (and threatening) a female in command of her pocketbook, sexuality, and career can really be. (Lily Koppel, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Astronaut Wives Club</em> and <em>The Red Leather Diary</em>)<br /><br />Hauser dives deep into the life of our former HBIC and uncovers what drove her to revolutionize the way we live and date today. HGB, we TY. (<em>Cosmopolitan</em>)<br /><br />As Brooke Hausers lively biographyreveals, [Helen Gurley Brown] was as comfortable championing single career girls as she was giving them tips on how to catch a manand her own contradictory, have-it-all life proved to be as compelling as the era she helped define. (<em>OK Magazine</em>)
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  **Helen Black** grew up in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. At eighteen she went to
  Hull University and left three years later with a tattoo on her shoulder and a
  law degree. She became a lawyer in Peckham and soon had a loyal following of
  teenagers needing legal advice and bus fares. She ended up working in Luton,
  working predominantly for children going through the care system. Helen is
  married to a long-suffering lawyer and is the mother of young twins.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Also by Helen Black_
  
  
  Damaged Goods  
  A Place of Safety  
  Dishonour  
  Blood Rush  
  Twenty Twelve
  
  
  
  
  
  # DARK  
  SPACES
  
  
  HELEN BLACK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First published in the UK by C&R Crime,  
  an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2013
  
  
  Copyright © Helen Black, 2013
  
  
  The right of Helen Black to be identified as the author of this work has been
  asserted by her in accordance with the