A 66 year old woman decides to run an ad in the New York Review of Books looking for "a lot of sex with a man I like". This is her true memoir of how it all turned out. She gets what she was looking for, and quite a bit she wasn't looking for.

This was such a gutsy thing to do and write about that the author got high points from me before I even finished the first chapter. That the author is literate, smart, and interesting gave it extra points. The author tried to truthfully examine her emotions and thought processes during her adventures, and it made for an intriguing read.

The only downside is that I think the author had trouble ending the book since her adventures sort of petered out towards the end. The end bits examined her emotions and mind state more than told of her adventures, and since she seemed a bit depressed at that point, the ending did not have the pep that this interesting book deserved. Skip the last thirty pages and devour the rest!

A Round-Heeled Woman was in the QPBC flier a few months back and it intrigued me. I was happy to see it in Gen's 2001+ Ungenre Bookbox and snagged it yesterday.

Juska places an ad in the New York Review of Books, with hopes of meeting intelligent and interesting men. Years of being alone left Juska needing human contact. Sadly, she did not find many men who were both intelligent and with whom she wanted human contact. I felt more and more depressed for her as the book went along and more and more of her men turned out to have serious problems. Why is it so difficult, I thought, for wonderful, smart older women to find wonderful, smart men?

Released on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at Postal System: Mailing to a Bcer! in Alvin, Texas USA.

Thank you so much, debnance! I cannot wait to read this fab-looking book, and to hear the author speak next month at Women and Children First in Chicago!

I was thrilled with the concept, and so excited that debnance would send me this book, especially as the author is coming to Chicago. However, I found myself increasingly depressed and annoyed with her as I read. Living in Berkeley all these years, and knowing absolutely nothing about sex, 66 or not, is obscene. Jane Juska would have done much better for herself had she driven over to Good Vibrations before she embarked on her journey. As her adventures go, she continually allows herself to be emotionally taken advantage of, so I found it sadder and sadder.

Worth the read, I think, for the thoughts and issues it raises. She is boldly frank about being in her late 60s and wanting sex, so it's a valuable book for many to read and discuss. Wish she had done better by herself.

The book is going as a ray, looks like it's going to be a nice long international one.
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I'm SO happy! Hannahsc5 has agreed to wild release this for me in Vancouver at the Sylvia Hotel. I'll get to release a book from afar! How fabulous!