Sex, Tears, and Orgasms: Sweet, Gentle and Yet Strong Within

by Lawrelynd Bowin

Overview

Sex, Tears, and Orgasms is the true story of an African Canadian woman's journey to become whole several decades after suffering the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and sexual violence as a child in Guinea, West Africa. Altho...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039169814
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	05/10/2024
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Lawrelynd Bowin was born in Monrovia, Liberia, and raised in Kamsar, Port City, West Africa. She has lived in Moscow, Brussels, and Vancouver, where she resides with her Dutch Canadian husband and two teenage sons. Lawrelynd has a diploma from the Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology with Human Services from Trinity Western University. She is fluent in English, French, and Russian and is working on Dutch.

Sex, Tears, and Orgasms is Lawrelynd's second book. Her first, Swimming in a Red Sea, which describes her challenges after being subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting and sexual violence as a child, was published in 2018. In addition to being a writer, mother, wife, and actress, Lawrelynd owns a talent agency, Top Talents-Tiny Talent Inc. and Tiny Talent World Inc.

A very spiritual person, Lawrelynd values contemplative prayers, doing the rosary, and meditation in the presence of the Eucharist. She also enjoys walking in the forest, hot yoga, reading, and travelling.