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A FRANK, MORDANT MIDLIFE memoir of searching for all kinds of love past age 50. Eloquent even in bitterness. SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
LOVE SICK: A MEMOIR OF SEARCHING FOR MR. GOOD ENOUGH
Penguin/Berkley
2014
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sexuality, Solid B Reviews, Women's Interest, Women's Issues
THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
SPENT: A MEMOIR
Rare Bird Books
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Feminism and Womanism, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Small Press Sundays, Social and Cultural Commentary, Women's Issues
SEXUAL POLITICS IN the Arab world, presented in depth (via years of interviews), with compassion, with wit. B PLUS
SEX AND THE CITADEL
Pantheon
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Egypt, Feminism and Womanism, Middle East, Non-Fiction, Politics, Public Policy, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary
A WRITER’S STARTLINGLY CANDID memoir of her marriage and its ending, of her infidelities and her husband’s.
Grade: B PLUS
VOW: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE (AND OTHER AFFAIRS)
Bloomsbury
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Love and Relationships, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sexuality
QUIRKY, HIGHLY INFORMATIVE overview of laws about sexual behavior from Hammurabi to the trial of Oscar Wilde.
Grade: SOLID B
SEX AND PUNISHMENT: FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF JUDGING DESIRE
Counterpoint
2012
Tags: History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
AN OFFBEAT TOUR of Europe’s most sexually scandalous historic landmarks is R-rated antiquarian fun.
Grade: SOLID B
THE SINNER'S GRAND TOUR: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORICAL UNDERBELLY OF EUROPE
Crown
2011
Tags: Europe, History, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
THOUGHTFUL COLLECTION OF people’s true stories about reconciling their sexuality with their Christian beliefs.
Grade: B PLUS
SEE ME NAKED: STORIES OF SEXUAL EXILE IN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
Beacon Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Women's Interest