Parachutes & Kisses
Aug 2006 · Sold by Penguin
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Isadora Wing, a 39-year-old writer, navigates the tumultuous waters of love, motherhood, and self-identity following her divorce.
Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a single parent with an adorable daughter, an irritating ex-husband, and a startling assortment of suitors: an unorthodox rabbi, a poetic disc jockey, the son of a famous sex therapist, and WASPily handsomest of all: Berkeley Sproul III. Isadora and Berkeley meet at a health club, and he's fourteen years her junior. Of course their affair is tortuous and sexy, but is it love? Or does the stud just want a free trip to Venice, compliments of a famous author?
With eloquence and savage wit, Jong details Isadora's journey marked by her struggles with aging, the responsibilities of motherhood, and the societal expectations placed upon women in the 1980s, while also delving into the intricacies of modern romance and examining the fine line between passion and companionship.
Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a single parent with an adorable daughter, an irritating ex-husband, and a startling assortment of suitors: an unorthodox rabbi, a poetic disc jockey, the son of a famous sex therapist, and WASPily handsomest of all: Berkeley Sproul III. Isadora and Berkeley meet at a health club, and he's fourteen years her junior. Of course their affair is tortuous and sexy, but is it love? Or does the stud just want a free trip to Venice, compliments of a famous author?
With eloquence and savage wit, Jong details Isadora's journey marked by her struggles with aging, the responsibilities of motherhood, and the societal expectations placed upon women in the 1980s, while also delving into the intricacies of modern romance and examining the fine line between passion and companionship.
Isadora Wing, a 39-year-old writer, navigates the tumultuous waters of love, motherhood, and self-identity following her divorce.
Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a single parent with an adorable daughter, an irritating ex-husband, and a startling assortment of suitors: an u...
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Erica Jong grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and attended Barnard College, where she majored in writing and literature, and she later received her MA in eighteenth-century English literature from Columbia University. She left halfway through the PhD program to write her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying, which went on to sell more than thirty-seven million copies worldwide. She is also the author of many award-winning books of poetry, novels, and nonfiction including Sappho’s Leap, Fanny, Any Woman’s Blues, Fear of Fifty, and Fear of Dying. She lives in New York City and Connecticut. Her work has had a major impact on women’s lives all over the world.
Erica Jong grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and attended Barnard College, where she majored in writing and literature, and she later received her MA in eighteenth-century English literature from Columbia University. She left halfway through the PhD program to write her groundbreaking first ...
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