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www.insidehalton.com |OAKVILLE BEAVER |Thursday, August 24, 2017 |32 Writer pens her first book, Stay Single and Be Happy by Marta Marychuk Oakville Beaver Staff Are you single and struggling to find happiness? Does being single make you feel like an outcast in society? Are you tired of online dating and being unsuccessful? If you answered yes to any of these questions, an Oakville woman has written a new book you may want to read. Nancy Rupcic wrote Stay Sin gle and Be Happy based on her own personal journey from ado lescence to adulthood -- getting married and then divorced and ultimately finding the key to hap piness. Rupcic was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to Oakville when she was seven years old. Although she grew up in a great family, including two broth ers, Rupcic says she felt like she never really fit in. She never went to prom or ob sessed about boys, like the other girls in her school. She got married when she was 27. Looking back, Rupcic says she got married out of guilt. As she reached her 30s, Rupcic says she realized marriage wasn't what she really wanted and got a divorce. With more than a decade of on Nancy Rupcic wrote Stay Single and Be Happy based on her own personal journey. |photo submitted line dating experience, Rupcic has been on thousands of first dates and explains why she thinks on line dating is just for people who are bored. Rupcic shares her dating experi ences in Stay Single and Be Happy but the main message: "You need to love yourself first and nothing is wrong with being single." Stay Single and Be Happy is Rupcic's first book. She was working in the insurance industry but when she lost her job as a result of a lay off, Rupcic decided to write the book. "I love to write," she says, adding that she's been writing lyrics, do ing journal writing for quite some time. Stay Single and Be Happy took about a year and a half to write. Rupcic will be at Paradiso Res taurant in Oakville on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. for a wine tasting and book signing. She says people can come and chat about their dating experiences and her new book. Stay Single and Be Happy is also available from Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, FriesenPress and her web site, www.staysingle.ca. w Library presents authors Linden MacIntyre, Alison Pick General $8.501Children & Seniors $6.501All seats Tues $5.00 SHowTiMES FoR AuGuST 25-31,2017 n e w t h is w e e k : D e t r o it AND ATo MIC BL o NDE DETROIT (14A) Fri-Thu: 3:15, 6:20, 9:10 ATOMIC BLONDE (18A) F ri-T h u :7:00, 9:30 THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD (14A) Fri-Thu: 1:20,4:10, 7:10, 9:40 LOGAN LUCKY (PG) Join the Oakville Public Li brary (OPL) and enjoy an evening with distinguished authors Linden MacIntyre and Alison Pick as they present their latest novels on Thurs day, Sept. 7 from 7-8:30 p.m. Both authors will present their latest novels, take part in an audience question-and-an- swer session and sign copies of their books. MacIntyre presents The Only Cafe, a timely and grip ping novel in which a son tries to solve the mystery of his father's death -- a man who tried but could not forget a troubled past in his native Lebanon. Pick presents Strangers with the Same Dream, which ex plores the minds and hearts of three extraordinary, awed and very human characters to show us exactly how the un thinkable happens. MacIntyre is a journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He won the Scotiabank Giller Fri-Thu: 3:30, 6:45, 9:20 THE NUT JOB 2 : Fri, Mon - Thu: 11:15, 12:30,2:30,4:30 Sat-S un: 12:30,2:30,4:30 WONDER WOMAN (PG) The staff of You'nique Oakville has relocated to Fri-Thu: 12:45, 6:30, 9:20 DESPICABLEME3 (G) Intermezzo Hair Studio · Balayage · Highlights · Colour Experts · Extensions · Keratin Treatment Tues & Wed 15% O FF any Chemical Service with Select Stylists Open Tuesday-Saturday 82 NELSON ST · INTERMEZZOHAIR.COM · 905-825-2840 T O ® prize for his 2009 novel, The Bishop's Man. Meanwhile, Pick, a novelist and poet, was nominated for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for the novel Far to Go , for which she won the Canadian Jewish Book Award. The program will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community Centre, 2302 Bridge Rd. The evening is recommend ed for adults 18 and older. Tickets are $15 per person. Tickets are available at all OPL branches and A Different Drummer Books, 513 Locust St., Burlington. Fri, Mon - Thu: 10:45, 1:00,3:00,5:00 Sat-S un: 1:00,3:00,5:00 THE EMOJI MOVIE (G) Fri, Mon - Wed: 11:00, 1:20 Sat-S un: 1:20 Thu: 11:00 171 Speers Road, Oakville (at Kerr St.) 905-338-6397 (MEWS) w w w .film .ca Reduce Reuse Recycle