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A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-life Adventures in Sex and Romance
Jane Juska
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Description for A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-life Adventures in Sex and Romance
Paperback. Inspired by Eric Rohmer's film "Autumn Tale", Jane Juska, a smart, energetic divorce, decided she'd been celibate too long, and placed a personal ad in a newspaper. The response was overwhelming, and Juska took a sabbatical from teaching to meet some of the men who replied. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me.' - Small ad in the New York Review of Books
Jane Juska placed her ad in the New York Times and the response was overwhelming. She took a sabbatical from teaching just to have time to respond and meet some of the men - the result is this engaging, funny and utterly frank account of her exploits. It's high time someone revealed the fact that older ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
197g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099466703
SKU
V9780099466703
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Ref
99-2
About Jane Juska
Born in 1933, Jane Juska taught English for more than forty years in high school, in college, and in prison. A Round-Heeled Woman, her first book, made her an overnight celebrity. She has since retired from teaching and lives in Berkeley, California.
Reviews for A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-life Adventures in Sex and Romance
Real and raunchy!
Elle
A moving meditation on the libido of the pre-baby-boomer, post-menopause generation. In case that sounds forbiddingly high-minded, rest assured that it is also raunchy
Daily Telegraph
This is a memoir that sings with passion not just of the physical kind... A seamlessly wonderful read
Independent
Juska is honest, graphic, funny ... Read more
Elle
A moving meditation on the libido of the pre-baby-boomer, post-menopause generation. In case that sounds forbiddingly high-minded, rest assured that it is also raunchy
Daily Telegraph
This is a memoir that sings with passion not just of the physical kind... A seamlessly wonderful read
Independent
Juska is honest, graphic, funny ... Read more