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Suzanne Portnoy (Author)
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March 9, 2010
At 29 I got married to live the life of the perfect wife with the gorgeous children. I did that for ten years, the last four of which I was completely celibate. Then I went online and everything changed.
 
After an online love affair with a man 3,000 miles away, Suzanne Portnoy—mother of two and a top executive in the entertainment industry—begins her sexual reawakening. Embarking on a sensational and prolific series of liaisons, Suzanne beds a top London chef who cooks her a five star meal on the day her husband moves out. An affair with a famous men’s magazine editor quickly ensues, followed by a top cameraman who takes pictures of Suzanne naked. But this is just the beginning. Insatiable, Suzanne dives into the swinging scene and works her way through an entire spectrum of sexual experience, including exhibitionism, group sex, fetish clubs, and a predilection for picking up men in her lunch hour. Suzanne's journey of self-discovery is anything but typical; her attitude towards sex and relationships even more unusual in this story that is shocking and heartwarming in equal measure. Freed from the restraints of marriage and monogamy, Suzanne takes pleasure without commitment and tells her story without a trace of shame. She's not looking for Prince Charming anymore, just for fun—and she finds it.

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Suzanne Portnoy is also the author of The Not So Invisible Woman.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (March 9, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753511010
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753511015
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,508,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars This book has NO point or resolution, May 12, 2007
This review is from: The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker (Paperback)
It's pretty evident that Suzanne Portnoy has been having a great time discovering her "sexual self" in this tome. The book however, has no redeeming value at all. By the end of this book it's pretty clear that she hasn't learned ANYTHING and will continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. Yes, she f*#@s and s)&#s her way around London, but after the first couple of stories, it just seems to be the same thing OVER AND OVER ad nauseum. The writing isn't even erotic. I'm no prude. I like porn as much as the next guy. But the way this woman writes is REALLY annoying.

A memoir, yes. Erotic, no.

She should stick to PR.

Avoid at all costs.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars yikes, look out, October 27, 2006
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This is the kind of journey of self-discovery through sex that makes (Sex and the City's) Samantha look like a downright prude! But it's so easy to get drawn in by Suzanne Portnoy's upbeat personality and frank voice, you forget that you're reading about someone steaming up the windows in a VW or bending over in the bathroom of a London club. In fact, you might find yourself recalling moments of revelation in the book that have nothing to do with sex: an internet liaison, once a far-flung fantasy who serves spaghetti on paper plates, the anxiety of awaiting phone calls from a war zone, the death of a lover. This is a rollicking read. It could make women feel more empowered. As for men, they'll just get h*rny.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Erotic Read, July 16, 2009
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I liked this book. I thought it was a lot of fun. However, half way through it did seem as if she was working a little too hard for the few orgasms she was getting. It does end rather abruptly but this is a book about a woman's quest for sex, it isn't suppose to be classic literature so enjoy it for what it is...a book about a likable woman with no major issues who really, really, really enjoys sex and is determined to get as much as she can!
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