This book caused quite a ruckus when it was released 25 years ago because it directly quotes the sexual fantasies of dozens of women, ranging from the "very common" rape fantasy to lesbian affairs to unusually explicit scenarios that are unmentionable here. While author Nancy Friday maintains that My Secret Garden served to free millions of women from sexual oppression, there's still a need today to get rid of the guilt that millions more still feel when it comes to fantasizing, having orgasms, and making one's sexual wishes be known. "How could it be, you might ask," she writes, "that women today, at the turn of the century, would still think they were the only Bad Girls with erotic thoughts? What kind of prison is this that that women impose on themselves?"

My Secret Garden has the prurient appeal that made it one of the most passed-around books in high school study halls (it boasts chapters titled "Insatiability" and "The Thrill of the Forbidden"), but its premise, underneath the tales of lusty longings, is a serious one. Friday, also author of My Mother, My Self and Women on Top, is appalled at how parents, especially mothers, instill in their children a deep fear of sexual pleasure, and she advises how to do away with this stultifying force. While Friday can get a little histrionic at times ("Women's lust ... could bring down not only individuals, but society itself"), that doesn't make this book any less enthralling.

This ray is OVER. Please see the last journal entry if you are interested. =)

MsPooh -- Texas
nvangel2073 -- Nevada
sstich79 -- Kentucky
Sherri5762 -- Texas
tootshelling -- Arizona
ClassyLady -- Arizona
starbytes -- Malaysia

Released on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at BookRay in Round Rock, Texas USA.

Out to player #1 nvangel2073 Hope you enjoy !

Just got this book in the mail from MsPooh. I'll try and get this read ASAP.
Thank you!

Released on Monday, September 22, 2003 at To Fellow BookCrosser in League City, Texas USA.

sending this book out to Sherri5762 today. Enjoy

The book came in today's mail! Can't wait to read it.
Sherri

At first I was really into this book. It was fun to see that some of my own fantasy's were shared with other women around the globe. But when I came to the parts where they were fantisizing about dogs, other animals, other women, rape, etc., etc., I kind of lost my enthusiasm! LOL. I kind of skimmed over the last 1/2 of the book, sorry to admit.

Will get this on to the next person in the next few days.
Sherri

Just got this in today's mail. I've got a few bookrings ahead of it. I'll journal once I start reading.

Thanks for sharing!

I got this book last night after getting in on the book ray.I was reading another book that kept mentioning this book and lo and behold it was not a fictitious book. Not to get off track, I read the introduction and started to read about 5 pages and am "floored"(didn't think anything could knock me for a loop). This book is really "risque" and that is putting it mildly, lol. Will definitely leave more feedback when done and send on to next person in line. Thanks for passing this my way

Released on Monday, February 23, 2004 at US Post Office in Glendale, Arizona USA.

Well I believe I will leave well enough alone, not say another word and send this to starbytes in todays mail. Enjoy