European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine of photo that Book is not Lor people who sea an and on television Gad tend $5 away end expect to gel a Diamond ring in return Betsy Athlon author of Betsy Ashton Ulde to living on your  All the things your father never told you by Kay Bartlett associated Pressw to among us was raised with an i nolo knowledge of which Telephone company gives us he Bast Deal who in fact Ever dreamed Hal picking a Telephone company would to a Way of he in 1988? and if you would t buy a used car for that  whom would you buy one irom and How do you negotiate Wilh him when you in not even really sure what rack and Pinion moans what Aboul the Jungle of financial jargon that everyone else seems to understand Tike cd iras. Deterred annuity Bonds Keogh municipals Etc it was simpler when people just went so the Bank that gave the Best toaster. Ii you already had a toaster Iho next toughest Choice was whether you wanted the Revere Ware pots or a non Brand that had pretty yellow Lowers on it. These Are things thai almost everyone at some Point in life just starting out alter a divorce recently widowed must learn to Deal Wilh without gelling stung a the process. You Aren t born with this knowledge. Kids o people who own businesses or Are in the financial world might know some of ii but most of us Don to says Betsy Ash Lon a former National consumer affairs correspondent for television and author of belly Ashton s guide to living on your own a new both being published in the United slates this summer. This Book is not for people who see an and on television and Send �5 away and expect to get a Diamond ring in return. They deserve what they get. This Book is Lor reasonably intelligent people who must face these kinds of things Lor the first time and Aren l aware of the Pitfalls. This Book is not about Ine things your Mother never told you it s about the things your lather never old you says Ashton. Like taxes audits How much insurance you need which health club to join How to pick a Telephone company and How to Deal with the Media in you be gotten yourself into a mess that would incidentally make a Good Story. A lot of the advice comos from Ashton s nearly 17 years in radio and television first leaching Art on Cable to then covering the courts in Washington . And later As the consumer affairs expert there and ultimately for lbs. She often got lips irom viewers who had been ripped Oil by one scheme or another. As a local reporter she named names and products. That s the Job of the local reporter bul i Don t do that in the Book she says. This is More of a household encyclopedia that Wedo applicable  she explains for ins once. Sorry of the oldest tricks in the Boche a sch so to bait and switch ruse and How not to go for the to i. It s a practical Book. The cacti non health clubs for instance warns against paying the annual membership fee to clubs that Haven t opened yet some have gone under before they got going o hrs Ghe warns May be on shaky financial ground of Check them out before handing Over your Check for a year s membership. Also figure Oul what you real need. Are you paying for fancy exercise machines to of you re not Likely to use. Or a swimming Pool  Serr to the Book she says. If you re going to try the rec a. Cha tells you to