Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession

by Erica Jong, Erica Jong (Introduction)

Overview

A tale of addiction and narcissism—the twin obsessions of our age.

World-famous folk singer Leila Sand emerged from the sixties and seventies with addictions to drugs and booze. Leila's latest addiction is to a younger man who leaves her sexually ecstatic but emotionally bereft. The orgasmic frenzies trump the betrayals, so she keeps coming back for more.

Eventually, Leila frees herself by learning the rules of love, the Twelve Steps, and the Key to Serenity in an odyssey that takes her from AA meetings to dens of sin, parties with "names" worth dropping, and erotic gondola rides.

Jong has given us a poignant exploration of life, art, and the complexities of womanhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585425495
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2006
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 - 13 Years

About the Author

Erica Jong grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and attended Barnard College, where she majored in writing and literature, and she later received her MA in eighteenth-century English literature from Columbia University. She left halfway through the PhD program to write her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying, which went on to sell more than thirty-seven million copies worldwide. She is also the author of many award-winning books of poetry, novels, and nonfiction including Sappho’s Leap, Fanny, Any Woman’s Blues, Fear of Fifty, and Fear of Dying. She lives in New York City and Connecticut. Her work has had a major impact on women’s lives all over the world.