Product Description

Readers receive tips, resources and techniques for half-price living. Financial well-being is not measured by one's income. It's the money you don't spend that gives you freedom to live the life you love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128508 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 306 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780976079101
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Author
To say that I got into a little trouble with credit-card debt is like saying the Titanic sprung a little leak. It took me more than a decade to fix my problem, but I did it. I paid back every nickel of a horrible six-figure unsecured debt-load and survived to write about it. This book, Live Your Life For Half The Price, is my response to readers who are already convinced they need to live below their means, and now they are ready to learn exactly how to do it.

About the Author
Mary Hunt is the editor and publisher of the subscription newsletter, Debt-Proof Living (formerly Cheapskate Monthly), which she founded in 1992. Her daily newspaper column, "Everyday Cheapskate" is syndicated by United Features Syndicate to more than 550 newspapers across the U.S.

Hunt is the author of fourteen books and received the prestigious Gold Medallion Award for The Financially Confident Woman. Her books have sold more than 1.3 million copies and include Debt-Proof Living, Debt-Proof Your Marriage, Debt-Proof Your Kids, Debt-Proof Your Holidays, Tiptionary and Everyday Cheapskate's Greatest Tips.

A nationally respected authority on consumer debt, spending habits and financial responsibility, Mary is a highly sought after speaker through her Debt-Proof Living seminars. She has appeared on such shows as Oprah, Good Morning America, Focus on the Family, and The O'Reilly Factor. Mary is the new Money Editor for Woman's Day Magazine and has been featured in newspapers and magazines such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple and the Washington Post.

Mary lives with her husband in Orange County, California.

Customer Reviews

Helpful Book!
This book has been very helpful as a resource tool for my husband and I since we purchased it. We both have appreciated the helpful, practical, and feasible ideas and tips on how to be WISE in ones spending habits. Topics range from all aspects of where one's money goes -- from groceries, to supplies, to automobiles, to insurance, to computers and other big ticket items. We felt the book was easy to read and appreciated that it was laid out in a fashion where we could easily refer back to chapters on certain areas of spending.

The book gives what it promises!
Not all books live up to their advance advertizing, but this one advertized itself humbly and truthfully and gives more than it offers. I experienced a sense of relief: "Aha! THAT'S how I can do that".

Mary Hunt urges readers who are deep in debt and short on resources to be hopeful, but also to get a grip on the problems. And then she gives concrete steps to work back up to the surface. She urges those who are already swimming on the surface to make plans to stay afloat through expected and unexpected financial challenges. And she makes it sound like fun!

I subscribe to Mrs Hunt's monthly e-newsletter (Debtproof Living) and consider it a financial lifesaver. I've also read one of her previous books (same title) which jerked me into changing the way I managed my money. I was eager to order her new book, as soon as I saw mention of it in the newsletter, to support an author who has done so much for me and to get some practical help to "Live the Plan".

I found strategies to try right away, as well as some things that look good but require another pass through the book. She's convinced me that it's important to plan ahead for what I can see coming and to live below my income so that I can enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing I'm ready for some unexpected twists in my financial life.

Mrs Hunt's writing style is upbeat and respectful of the reader. She has clear points of view, which she advocates without browbeating the reader, and she supports them with real life illustrations from her own life and from examples shared with her by readers of her other books and the newsletter.

If I was a new reader of Mrs Hunt's books, I would order Debt Proof Living and Live Your Life for Half the Price. They go together well, although each can stand on it's own binding.

Excellent. Empowering.
I really like this book because it empowered me to do better with my money without being cheap. I was particuarly pleased with how much practical information this book contains without reading like a resource book. It's engaging, relevant and a very nice read. I particularly appreciated the chapter on how to cut your grocery bill ... without having to change supermarkets. I gave her method a try and saved more than 55% on my grocery tab the very first time. I'm sold. Everyone on my Christmas list is getting a copy of this book this year. (Where can I buy it in bulk?)