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The Financially Confident Woman

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I found this book to be extremely helpful and informative. Mary Hunt offers practical advice in a manner that makes you feel like you're listening to advice from a good friend or relative who has been through it all. She also made me feel like I wasn't a freak for having bad financial habits but that I needed to learn how to break them. For those of you out there who are compulsive spenders (like myself), this book is a great way to start getting on the right financial track.

Mary really gave me hope! I thought this was just for women but discovered what she had to say applied to both me AND my wife. This book is a real answer to prayer and has given us a great leap forward down the road to getting out of debt...once and for all! Waytago, Mary! Hope you sell a million copies! -RPR, Franklin, TN

I'm a HUGE Mary Hunt fan... her cheapskate lifestyle and debt-proof way of life has completely turned my finances around for the best! I've read nearly all of her books and love them so much I am quick to buy many copies and give them to others... EXCEPT THIS ONE. As a feminist, I found this book enormously patronizing. I felt that when she generalized women's spending habits, she made grossly inaccurate assumptions like I don't understand how a credit card works. If you don't know how a credit card works, read this book! I do not recommend this book unless you are a woman completely clueless about money. If you consider yourself financially savvy and trying to gain more tools, go with "The Complete Cheapskate." If you're married and trying to get a debt-proofed life, go with "Debt-Proof Marriage..." "The Gourmet Cheapskate" is also incredible! I also highly recommend her cheapskatemonthly.com newsletter, but the books are better if you're trying to make a personal change in your life with your finances. Good luck!

Written by Mary Hunt - the editor and founder of the Cheapskate Monthly - the Financially Confident Woman is a quick read with lots of sound ideas for stretching a dollar and establishing financial independence. Pertinent scriptures are quoted for inspiration and motivation.

This short book is a great gift idea for women trying to take charge of their finances and clear their financial clutter. It also works out as a nice "bathroom" book - there is one tip per page, so it makes for easy browsing.

The advice is perfect for helping anyone create new money-related behaviors. Again, nothing too outrageous, but nice reminders just the same.

Point blank, Mary Hunt is a financial genuis. Very down to earth with her writing so you're not lost in financial mumbo jumbo!

This book is very basic, glosses over everything she's learned and wants to teach people about managing their debt and money.

So if you want a simple read to get you pumped and started, this is definately the book to buy!

BUT... if you find you read this and want more "in depth" reading on what she's explaining, go for her original: "Debt-Proof Living". She goes more in depth and she talks about some other things not included in this book.

Look up all of her other stuff, too!

You do NOT have to be owned by your money and debt! And she helps with that! :)

Mary Hunt's Complete Cheapskate changed my life. I paid off everything in five years and never went into debt again. The Financially Confident Woman is equally as inspiring and easy to understand. This is my favorite graduation or wedding shower gift. Every girl from 12 to 99 should own this book.