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LOVE SICK by Frances Kuffel

July 1, 2014

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

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SPENT by Antonia Crane

May 18, 2014

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

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SEX AND THE CITADEL by Shereen El Feki

December 23, 2013

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

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VOW, by Wendy Plump

May 28, 2013

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

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SEX AND PUNISHMENT, by Eric Berkowitz

August 23, 2012

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

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THE SINNER’S GRAND TOUR, by Tony Perrotet

April 16, 2012

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

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SEE ME NAKED, by Amy Frykholm

March 7, 2012

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

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