Julie

Julie is the narrator of the story. She is 38 years old, single, and a publicist for a publishing company in New York. Julie is the person who binds all the other women in this book together. All of the various friends she has made throughout different stages in her life become friends with each other while Julie is traveling the world researching and writing her book on how to be single.

Julie develops the book idea after watching and listening to her friends lament about not being able to find Mr. Right. When a girls night out lands Julie and her friends in an emergency room waiting room, she hears a pair of French women talking about how disgusting Julie's drunk friends are acting. Julie strikes up a conversation, and the French women say that American women have very little pride when it comes to dating. That spurs...