Giveaway: ‘Live Your Life For 1/2 The Price.’

th-1On the back cover of “Live Your Life For 1/2 The Price,” prolific personal finance author Mary hunt perfectly sums up my feelings about frugality:

“It’s the money you don’t spend that ultimately gives you the freedom to live the life you love.” 

You tell ’em, girl.

Hunt, who’s written a couple of dozen books and created the Debt Proof Living program and the Mary Hunt’s Everyday Cheapskate website, gives readers the tools to do things like reduce costs, get control of spending, avoid fees, retire the mortgage off early and pay a fair sum for the right car. And she does it with her trademark humor, compassion and pragmatism.

In other words, she’s fun to read and she knows what it’s like to be in debt — boy, does she know! — but she won’t let you off the hook for any of it. Instead, she’ll throw you a lifeline.

 

When I gave away a copy of Hunt’s “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Planning for Retirement” the comments were so lively – and at times so disturbing – that I wound up doing a follow-up column. No doubt the interest in “Live Your Life For 1/2 The Price” will be just as keen.

I learned something surprising from this book: that you can order furniture directly from the manufacturer. Hunt bought family-room furnishings from HighPointFurnitureSales.com – and even though she had to pay for shipping the cost was 50 percent less than she would have paid in her local home store.

Who knew?

You’ll know this, and a lot more, if you win the book. To enter, do one or more of the following:

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry (e.g., “Subscribed to your writing newsletter” or “Follow you on Twitter”).

The deadline to enter is 7 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Aug 3. If I don’t hear back from the winner by 7 p.m. PDT Thursday, Aug. 4, I’ll have the random number generator pull a new name.

Note: Due to the high cost of international shipping, a winner from outside the United States will receive an Amazon gift card.

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131 thoughts on “Giveaway: ‘Live Your Life For 1/2 The Price.’”

  1. I’m still working on my last book, but I’d look to add this to my reading shelf. As much as I’ve read about Mary Hunt on the internet, I’ve never actually read any of her books.

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  2. I would love to win a copy of Mary Hunt’s book. I’ve read articles by/about her on and off for years. I already receive your emails and follow you on Facebook.

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  3. I follow you on Twitter. Am also going to see if my library has her books (and will request they purchase if they do not!)

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  4. Mary Hunt is my favorite personal finance author! Proof Living was the 1st personal finance book I read that I loved and got the message!

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  5. Back when my husband & I were digging out of credit card debt, Mary Hunt was one of the authors I read (in addition to Elizabeth Warren & her daughter, before Elizabeth went into politics). This book would be great to win! 🙂

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  6. Sounds like something my husband and I should read — just figured out that we could retire immediately if we could cut our spending by 35%…a challenge that we are trying to figure out.

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  7. Sounds like a good book. Last week a woman at senior lunch, where I volunteer ever week, told me she had learned something. She had realized after all these years you don’t have to pay full price for anything. I’d like to think I’ve already learned that lesson!

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