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Dear John, I Love Jane : Women Write About Leaving Men for Women.
Title:
Dear John, I Love Jane : Women Write About Leaving Men for Women.
Author:
Walsh, Candace.
ISBN:
9781580053846
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Undoing Everything -- Running from the Paper Eye -- The Right Fit -- Wanting -- Watershed -- Over the Fence -- Leap of Faith -- Awakenings: Navigating the Spaces between In and Out -- This Love Is Messy -- Walking a Tightrope in High Heels -- A Hushed Blue Underworld -- Beyond Sexuality -- Love and Freedom -- Memoirs of a Wanton Prude -- I Knew What I Was Giving Up -- The Claim -- Wedding Gown Closet -- Clarity -- Credit in the Un-Straight World -- First Date with Ann -- Living the Authentic Life -- A Door Opening Out -- We Don't Do Stereotypes -- Counting Down from Ten -- Marriage Mirage -- Falling for Leah -- Mirror Image -- Epilogue -- Bios -- About the Editors -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
The new buzzword in female sexuality is “sexual fluidity"—the idea that for many women, sexual identity can shift over time, often in the direction of same-sex relationships. Examples abound in popular culture, from actress Cynthia Nixon, who left her male partner of 15 years to be with a woman, to writer and comedienne Carol Leifer, who divorced her husband for the same reason.In a culture increasingly open to accepting this fluidity, Dear John, I Love Jane is a timely, fiercely candid exploration of female sexuality and personal choice. The book is comprised of essays written by a broad spectrum of women, including a number of well-known writers and personalities. Their stories are sometimes funny, sometimes painful—but always achingly honest—accounts of leaving a man for a woman, and the consequences of making such a choice.Arousing, inspiring, bawdy, bold, and heartfelt, Dear John, I Love Jane is an engrossing reflection of a new era of female sexuality.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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