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A Memoir of Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends

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Laura Friedman Williams
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h221 x 153mm - 400pg
10 Jun 2021 UK
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9780008395902
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' A real page-turner [. . . ] Unexpected, original, funny and sometimes deeply infuriating, Laura Friedman Williams has so much to say about what we expect of women' s sexuality. I loved it' Viv Groskop author of How to Own the Room If you' d told 46-year old Laura Friedman Williams that in a few years she' d be having some of the best sex of her life with men who were not her husband, she' d have laughed in your face. She was a happily married stay-at-home mother with three children and plans to grow old with her husband. Sure, their sex had become a little formulaic, and yes, their life together mostly revolved around their kids, but whose doesn' t? Then came the shocking, utterly cliched discovery of his affair. Five months of emotional turmoil later, Laura found herself single for the first time in 27 years and with two choices: to eke out her existence, or reinvent herself. A little encouragement from her friends and one astonishing one-night stand later, she realised that she had a sexual appetite she' d never explored, and that being a mother didn' t mean she had to ignore it. She could be independent, a good mother, and have a great sex life all at the same time. . . couldn' t she? From G-spots to bald spots, dirty talk to dating fiascos, Available is the unflinchingly honest, empowering, and humorous true story of a life turned downside up.
' This memoir is a real page-turner. What happens when you start dating after 22 years of marriage? Unexpected, original, funny and sometimes deeply infuriating, Laura Friedman Williams has so much to say about what we expect of women' s sexuality. Confronting without being sleazy and intelligent without being preachy. I loved it' Viv Groskop author of, How to Own the Room' AVAILABLE offers far more than just a wild romp through the Wild West of the post-marital dating world - though a wild romp it certainly is. Curling up with this memoir is like settling in for a night with a hilarious girlfriend, listening to her best sexual anecdotes. AVAILABLE is also a serious exploration of womanhood. Laura reminds us of the importance of regaining all the parts of who we are as women, despite how easy it is to become consumed by the mammoth roles of Mother and Wife. We aren' t here solely to serve our families as domestic martyrs. We deserve to reawaken the parts of ourselves that often become dormant once we enter maternal roles. We deserve to live life to the fullest, embracing each facet of our identities, even (especially!) the parts society teaches us to shove aside when we become mothers' Caroline Mackenzie, author of One Year of Ugly
Laura Friedman Williams is a native New Yorker whose writing credits consist of countless PTA newsletters and program notes for talent shows and school auctions, as well as ghostwritten bar mitzvah speeches for many of her friends. Her wit and wisdom have not yet made it to a larger audience, but her years spent raising children and running events at her children' s schools have kept her writing steady and sharp. She credits her degree in English from Washington University and the ten formative years she spent in book publishing - first in Subsidiary Rights at Warner Books (now Grand Central Publishing) and then at Henry Holt & Company, then as a book scout and finally as a literary agent - for giving her a deep love and respect for the written word. She credits the break-up of her marriage for finally giving her the subject matter about which she both needed and wanted to write. She lives in downtown Manhattan with her three children.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780008395902
Published: 10 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Borough Press
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 221mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 400

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