The New York Times Book Review - Moira Weigel
Hauser lifted the title from a repeated stage direction in a musical that Brown tried to write about her own life, and the book has the nimble-footed and slightly manic quality of a revue…Throughout, Hauser weaves in passages connecting Brown to her contemporaries and the cultural landscape of the 1960s. These side glances not only help situate her life in the context of its times. They remind us of how many of her stances were truly progressive—her vocal support of access to contraception and legal abortion, for instance. They also offer amusing glimpses into friendships and catty contretemps.
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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.” — New York Times Book Review
“Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, Enter Helen. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and — the ultimate encomium where HGB was concerned — fun.” — Washington Post
“Legendary, inimitable Cosmopolitan editor and Sex and the Single Girl author Helen Gurley Brown comes alive in Hauser’s hands.” — Entertainment Weekly, “Must List”
“Encapsulates the colorful life of a woman who rocked minis well into her eighties.” — Los Angeles Times
“Excellent.” — The Week
“A must-read piece of proto-feminist history.” — Lenny Letter
“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.” — Jezebel
“Enter Helen is a Wizard of Oz story about a feisty girl from the Ozarks, the original Sex and the City gal Helen Gurley Brown. Brooke Hauser enters her life like slipping into a pair of Helen’s infamous fishnets, weaving a compelling drama about a determined woman and Cosmopolitan editor, and revealing how powerful (and threatening) a female in command of her pocketbook, sexuality, and career can really be.” — Lily Koppel, New York Times bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club and The Red Leather Diary
“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.” — Cosmopolitan
“As Brooke Hauser’s lively biography…reveals, [Helen Gurley Brown] was as comfortable championing single ‘career girls’ as she was giving them tips on how to catch a man—and her own contradictory, have-it-all life proved to be as compelling as the era she helped define.” — OK Magazine
“Reading Enter Helen was like being at a party, and I’m sorry it had to end. With this sexy, riveting book, Brooke Hauser takes us on a joy ride through the 1960s and ‘70s of Helen Gurley Brown’s life. It feels light and breezy, but—like Brown herself—Hauser’s story is engaging and important.” — Linda Wells, Founding Editor–in–Chief of Allure
“A riveting…complex biography.… Such a great read. Enter Helen is neither hagiographic nor damning.” — Washington Independent Review of Books
“Journalist Brooke Hauser’s breezy and entertaining new biography…chronicles Brown’s remarkable story, which is also a social history of two decades—the sixties and the seventies—whose cultural impact remains significant.” — Acculturated.com
“It is to be hoped that Brooke Hauser’s excellent biography and a film in the works will give Sex and the Single Girl another lease on life.” — New York Journal of Books
“An engaging, juicy, and edifying read.” — New York magazine
OK Magazine
As Brooke Hauser’s lively biography…reveals, [Helen Gurley Brown] was as comfortable championing single ‘career girls’ as she was giving them tips on how to catch a man—and her own contradictory, have-it-all life proved to be as compelling as the era she helped define.
Washington Post
Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, Enter Helen. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and — the ultimate encomium where HGB was concerned — fun.
New York Times Book Review
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.
|Los Angeles Times
Encapsulates the colorful life of a woman who rocked minis well into her eighties.
The Week
Excellent.
Cosmopolitan
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.
Lenny Letter
A must-read piece of proto-feminist history.
Entertainment Weekly
Legendary, inimitable Cosmopolitan editor and Sex and the Single Girl author Helen Gurley Brown comes alive in Hauser’s hands.
Lily Koppel
Enter Helen is a Wizard of Oz story about a feisty girl from the Ozarks, the original Sex and the City gal Helen Gurley Brown. Brooke Hauser enters her life like slipping into a pair of Helen’s infamous fishnets, weaving a compelling drama about a determined woman and Cosmopolitan editor, and revealing how powerful (and threatening) a female in command of her pocketbook, sexuality, and career can really be.
Jezebel
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.
Los Angeles Times
Encapsulates the colorful life of a woman who rocked minis well into her eighties.
Cosmopolitan
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.
Washington Post
Brown deserves the biography that Brooke Hauser has written, Enter Helen. It is entertaining, thoughtfully researched and — the ultimate encomium where HGB was concerned — fun.
Washington Independent Review of Books
A riveting…complex biography.… Such a great read. Enter Helen is neither hagiographic nor damning.
New York magazine
An engaging, juicy, and edifying read.
Linda Wells
Reading Enter Helen was like being at a party, and I’m sorry it had to end. With this sexy, riveting book, Brooke Hauser takes us on a joy ride through the 1960s and ‘70s of Helen Gurley Brown’s life. It feels light and breezy, but—like Brown herself—Hauser’s story is engaging and important.
Acculturated.com
Journalist Brooke Hauser’s breezy and entertaining new biography…chronicles Brown’s remarkable story, which is also a social history of two decades—the sixties and the seventies—whose cultural impact remains significant.
New York Journal of Books
It is to be hoped that Brooke Hauser’s excellent biography and a film in the works will give Sex and the Single Girl another lease on life.
