Sugar in my Bowl

Zusatztext "A refreshing and new contribution to literature about women's sex lives." Informationen zum Autor Erica Jong is an award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist best known for her eight bestselling novels, including the international bestseller Fear of Flying . She is also the author of seven award-winning collections of poetry. Klappentext When it comes to sex, what do women want? In this eye-opening and courageous collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the "excruciating hazards of casual sex," while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having "carnal relations." In "Everything Must Go," Jennifer Weiner explores how, in love, the body can play just as big a role as the heart. The octogenarians in Karen Abbott's sharp-eyed piece possess a passion that could give Betty White a run for her money. Molly Jong-Fast reflects on her unconventional upbringing and why a whole generation of young women has rejected "free love" in favor of Bugaboo strollers and Mommy-and-me yoga. Sex, it turns out, can be as fleeting, heavy, mundane, and intense as the rest of life. Indeed, as Jong herself writes in her powerful introduction, "the truth is—sex is life." Zusammenfassung Poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary Erica Jong—whose novel Fear of Flying opened eyes and broke down walls—offers us a provocative collection of essays about sex from some of the most respected female authors writing today. “Real Women Write about Real Sex” in Sugar in My Bowl , as such marquee names as Gail Collins, Eve Ensler, Daphne Merken, Anne Roiphe, Liz Smith, Naomi Wolf, and Jennifer Weiner, to name but a few, join together to speak openly about female desire—what provokes it and what satisfies it. In the free, unfettered spirit of The Bitch in the House , Sugar in My Bowl explores the bedroom lives of women with daring, wit, intelligence, and candor. ...

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Product details

• Authors: Erica Jong, Jong Erica
• Assisted by: Margaret Magowan (Reader / Narrator), Erica Jong (Editor)
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.06.2012
• EAN: 9780062193223
• ISBN: 978-0-06-219322-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 204 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Ecco
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Biography: general, Memoirs, social and political philosophy, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Political science and theory, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Gender studies: women and girls, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Clinical and internal medicine, Psychiatric and mental disorders, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, NATURE: Essays, HEALTH & FITNESS: Sexuality, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays, HEALTH & FITNESS: Healing, MEDICAL: Mental Health, HEALTH & FITNESS: Mental Health, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs