TY - BOOK AU - Croyden,Helen TI - Screw the fairytale: a modern girl's guide to sex and love SN - 9781782197508 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - John Blake KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Sex KW - Love N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - FAMILY & OTHER RELATIONSHIPS. To Helen Croydon, the idea of marriage and kids has just never appealed. But that doesn't mean she doesn't want to fall in love. Casual encounters don't appeal, yet the shackles of commitment seem terrifying, not to mention boring. So Helen sets out to explore alternative models of relationships to the conventional, monogamous, 24-7, happily-ever-after fairytale. Through immersive reportage, startling new research and tales from her own colourful love life, Helen argues that the de facto cohabiting marriage with 2.4 children is no longer appropriate in our modern, fast-paced world. She finds mounting evidence that more people, like her, are saying 'screw the fairlytale!' and finding alternative relationship lifestyles ER -