Live Alone and Like It, Marjorie Hillis

Have you read this yet? It's perfect. It's from the 1930s, so it's wonderfully dated, and it's sprinkled with cautionary tales like The Story Of Miss X, who did not plan out her Saturday and ended up eating crackers grudgingly on the couch.

A Damn Cape With Fur On It

For burrowing into and avoiding eye contact.