Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men

What could you possibly have in common with Tony Soprano, Edward Snowden, or the author of this book? What could connect you—a fictional character from a popular TV series, a world-famous agitator, and a Columbia University lecturer? Secrets!

It’s no exaggeration to say that, besides you, about eight billion people living on our planet hide one or another piece of information from everyone else for a wide variety of reasons. Some secrets pose threats to state and public security, while others aren’t worth even a pinhead. However, Michael Slepjan is convinced that all these secrets are an essential part of our lives and our identity, and the way we deal with them—whether we keep them or spill them, whether we feel burdened by them or strive to possess them—shapes both our inner world and the way we interact with the outside world.