Achieving It All [Paperback]

Bengta Boydstrom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2000

This novel was written at a women's writing workshop. It's purpose is to explore the ways in which the rules of female sexuality keep changing. The intent is to help each woman have a better sense of her body in all its parts and to empower her to claim it as her own. It also looks at several health risks resulting from the sexual revolution, and tries to do this all with humor. The goal is to help each woman not have more sex, but to gain better satisfaction.

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About the Author

Bengta Boydstrom grew up on a farm in upstate New York. She attended a one room school until grade six when the district was centralized. Through persistant effort she eventually landed an entry level job at a local radio station. Later, she became a copywriter and moved to Manhattan where for eighteen years she worked in broadcast promotion, quiting frequently to write unpublished novels. While writing she usually worked as a temp to pay the rent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (April 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595095313
• ISBN-13: 978-0595095315
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,237,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hazel Newman Becomes a New Woman, May 4, 2001

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Duane Simolke "author, The Acorn Stories, Deg... (Lubbock, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Achieving It All (Paperback)

With her novel Achieving It All, Bengta Boydstrom looks at one woman's efforts to let the sexual revolution revolutionize her life. Set effectively during the late seventies, the novel traces Hazel Newman's changes as she seeks fulfillment.

Despite a loving marriage and a mostly satisfying life, Hazel wonders about all the fuss over female orgasms. Hazel tackles her journey with humor and tenacity: from the embarrassing arrival of a sex manual as a book-of-the-month selection, to her experimentation with sexual adventure, and to some surprising revelations.

Boydstrom's narrator offers way too much detail for polite conversation, but that bluntness adds not only to the novel's realism but also to its razor-sharp humor. Readers might share in Hazel's frequent blushing, but they will also share in her laughter and her sense of wonder.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for all women and some men.., September 8, 2000

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Nathaniel Lott (Lancaster, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Achieving It All (Paperback)

Ms Boydsrtom writes with style and charm and Achieving It All is a funny, at times sad but always honest look at today's woman and the problems she faces in today's world. Women!! Good bless them. I'm thankful I'm a man...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy, zany and so true..., July 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Achieving It All (Paperback)

If you are female came of age when Masters first met Johnson and J. penned The Sensuous Woman, but never found the big O, this is the book for you. Men should not be afraid to read it either, especially if they have enough ego strength to laugh at a few jibs aimed in their direction. The pacing is almost like stand-up and each chapter ends with a punchline.