Becoming A Woman: A Journey Toward Sexual Maturity [Paperback]

Patricia Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2006

Becoming A Woman is author Patricia Ange's perspective on her sex life and other sexcapades. The journey begins with the author's sexual awakening in childhood to her declaration of celibacy in her late 20s. Beginning with the first chapter, readers learn about the earliest of sexual exploration and knowledge with childhood sex game, fumbling attempts at intimacy and how these endeavors lead way to teenage crushes, teenage sex and teenagers dating older, more experienced men. In "Student Affairs," Patricia evaluates self-esteem, sexual tension and teasing, and the dynamics of high school relationships. The author graduates to "Higher Learning" by sharing the college experiences, in and outside of the classroom and the lost of virginity. From a broken engagement to taking up with older and later, married men, the author finds herself repeating her harassment on other, more vulnerable, male classmates and participating in adult sex game. A pregnancy scare, family responsibilities and a death will ultimately combat some of the author's self-destructive, irresponsible behavior and cause her to make some hard decisions for her future welfare. Yet, before her ultimate renewal, her search for a suitable partner in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" produced an unhealthy addiction to a partner's sexual prowess despite his drug abuse and led to a violent break-up and concerns for her life. In Chapter 15, the final chapter Patricia swears off sex for honest healing. Her decision is more mental than physical yet, that decision would widen her thought processes and cause her to reaffirm her relationship with her God.

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About the Author

Patricia Ange was born, raised and educated in the Florida Panhandle. A lifelong lover of books, she always dreamed of penning her own book one day. Considering herself undisciplined and unable to sit down and write a full-length text, she devoted all of her time and energy into writing poetry. Patricia finally sat down at the computer and started writing after she was challenged by a friend to tell some of her past experiences. She continued to write at each available moment for days, then weeks, then months. Becoming A Woman is her first non-poetry book. Patricia Ange wrote this book to express to young girls that a person's sexual past does not necessarily determine her lifelong sexual choices. Becoming A Woman documents the author's journey to take charge of her sexuality rather than allow her sexuality to rule her life. By being a professional counselor, Patricia Ange has also gone back and offered Woman To Woman advice in each chapter to other young women about poor decisions and mistakes on her road to sexual maturity. The stories she shares and the knowledge she gained along the way are instructional and inspiration for young girls, but also for women of all ages, who are in the constant state of discovering themselves and learning how to exist as a fully sexualized female today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425914500
• ISBN-13: 978-1425914509
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,408,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Experience Truly Is The Best Teacher, September 6, 2007

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This review is from: Becoming A Woman: A Journey Toward Sexual Maturity (Paperback)

She plays games with men that always involve sexual favors...she judges the value of potential boyfriends based on their sexual prowess...she even picks up complete strangers in train stations and lures them home to have her way with them...

But, consider:

Her father had eighteen children...her entire family has a history of being oversexed...she struggled with deep-rooted insecurities as a child...

When all these factors - and more - are taken into account, one may gain a better understanding of exactly what goes into the makings of sexual predator, and Becoming A Woman does just that.

Patricia Ange's cautionary tale of a life lived with reckless sexual abandon is a jarring account of some of the deepest, darkest secrets regarding sex that many are uncomfortable discussing. Nonetheless, she lays out in great detail her step-by-step descent into the throes of promiscuity, highlighting many of the risqué behaviors from which many don't escape. In so doing, she provides the reader with incredible insight into the world of sex obsession, offering invaluable advice along the way regarding just how to avoid yielding to its grip.

Make no mistake, Ange pulls no punches in her graphic descriptions of the lewd and lascivious acts in which she engaged with former lovers; however, her depictions are not meant to serve as sensationalized erotica, but rather shed light on just how powerful the act of sexual pleasure is, as well as how difficult it is for the sex-obsessed to resist.

Peppered throughout her narrative are helpful "Woman To Woman" bulletins, lessons learned along her journey to sexual maturity that serve to advise readers in order to help prevent them from making the same mistakes she did. These include everything from tips on effective birth control to making your first time special to the folly of using sex as a balm in mending a broken heart. As more of Ange's insights are revealed throughout the book, one develops a profound appreciation for her selflessness in exposing her own vulnerability as a means of protecting that of others.

If Becoming A Woman doesn't soon become required reading in churches, youth organizations, and mentoring programs across the country, someone should start a petition...this book is unmatched in its ability to take the everyday experiences so common to us all and dissect them masterfully to discover the nuggets of truth contained within. Patricia Ange has created a timeless classic deserving of the utmost respect and consideration by generation after generation of women for years to come.