Ann Aikens – A Young Woman’s Guide to Life: A Cautionary Tale

For two decades, beginning in 1996, Ann Aikens’s seriocomic newspaper column “Upper Valley Girl” ran in the Vermont Standard! Now published by the Herald in Randolph, it continues to delight readers with her signature blend of humor and candor. 

In A Young Woman’s Guide to Life, Ann has collected her best, uplifting advice into one volume aimed at helping the Young People (hereafter referred to as YPs) avoid her mistakes—or at least make more interesting ones. If you’re a young woman looking ahead to college or your first job or serious relationship, or wondering how to navigate your 20s, this book will help you avoid the potholes in the road of life without missing the sights along the way.

Ann holds no advanced degrees in psychology or any other subject. Her advice is based solely on empirical knowledge, having moved 17 times; held countless jobs in varied industries; conversed extensively with strangers for decades; found the best friends imaginable; dated all manner of men; and spent 20+ years as a devoted aunt. This is her first rodeo.

Copies of A Young Woman’s Guide to Life are available at the Yankee Bookshop and will be available for purchase from the author (cash or check only please) at the event.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs (below) are appreciated as seating is limited. Please email programs@normanwilliams.org for more information.