title: The Curse of the Singles Table: A True Story of 1001 Nights Without Sex
author:  Suzanne Schlosberg 
description: Schlosberg (<i>Fitness for Dummies</i>; <i>Weight Training for Dummies</i>; etc.) tackles husband-hunting in this often side-splitting, occasionally poignant memoir. Humiliated by being seated at the dreaded "Singles Table" at weddings and pressured by crossing the "Great Divide" from "single" to "still single," Schlosberg embarks on a quest, not necessarily for "Mr. Right," but at least "Mr. Remote Possibility." She tries a jaunt to a Kenyan game park, a week at Club Med and a millennial New Year's Eve celebration in Jackpot, Nev. When her travels fail to do little more than help her avoid family gatherings fraught with awkward questions about wedding dates, she moves on to experimenting with feng shui and volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, chimpanzee research and wheelchair athletes. She even submits her photo to hotornot.com, but draws the line at psychotherapy. Succumbing to the inevitable online dating experience, Schlosberg develops an efficient but ineffectual system of screening candidates, which she then tries out at the eight-minute Starbucks Speed Date. To celebrate her 1,001 days without sex, she sets off for the Arctic Ride of Pain, a mountain-bike trip to Deadhorse, Alaska, unexpectedly finding herself stranded in the dying town of Provideniya, Russia, where, finally giving up hope, her spirits improve. It's only then, of course, that Schlosberg finally meets her future husband, bringing her story to a sentimental but satisfying conclusion. Singles in their 30s will get the most out of this book, but anyone can appreciate Schlosberg's wacky humor. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Turning the Tables
  
  
    
  A Sex Sells Story
  
  
    
  By Kim Dare
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Resplendence Publishing, LLC
  
  
    
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  Turning the Tables  
  Copyright © 2012 Kim Dare  
  Edited by Christine Allen-Riley and Jason Huffman  
  Cover art by Les Byerley, www.les3photo8.com
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Published by Resplendence Publishing, LLC  
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  Electronic format ISBN: 978-1-60735-605-9
  
  
  
  
  
    
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  Electronic Release: November 2012
  
  
  
  
  
    
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and occurrences are a
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