Proposition 31 [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Robert H. Rimmer (Author)

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Publication Date: January 25, 1999

Robert Rimmers Proposition 31is it legalized adultery or the preservation of the family? Afterwards, Nancy couldnt remember when it had all started. Or just how theyd taken the first intimate step. But, it wasnt until one perfect weekend in New Hampshire that they all knew they could never live monogamously again-that they loved and needed each other and that they were proud of it-that the years ahead would be difficult for all of them-but that now there was no turning back

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About the Author

In the sixties and early seventies The Harrad Experiment and Proposition 31 became watchwords for the "hippie generation". As millions of students on campuses across the country read and talked about his books, little did they know, their hero was well past thirty.Bob started writing early in life. As a high school student in Massachusetts in the 1930s, he wrote articles for, as well as helped print and distribute, a small local magazine entitled Boy's Pal. He graduated from Bates College with a multi-discipline degree in English, Psychology and Philosophy and later obtained an MBA from Harvard. His life has been an eventful one. His military service during and after World War II included both at-home and overseas assignments. After his enlistment was up, Rimmer returned to the US and took a position in the family printing business. He spent the next twenty-five years of his life working, raising a family, and collecting his life experiences and formulating them into what would later become events and characters in his many novels.His first two novels, The Rebellion of Yale Marratt and That Girl from Boston, were written before 1960 and were considered much too controversial to publish. However, after years of mail-order sales through a small publisher in California, Rimmer's The Harrad Experiment was published by Bantam in 1967 and was finally available to a wide audience. Within a year over a million copies had been sold. More novels followed, including Proposition 31. All of these novels explored alternatives to traditional relationships and sexuality, subjects very much at the forefront of the public's interest in the 1970's. Now in his eighties, Bob Rimmer, always in the vanguard in his advocacy of alternatives to the traditional monogamous relationship, becomes one of the first authors to recognize the potential of the Internet to bring his books to millions of new readers. With fourteen novels to his credit and still going strong, this author has not only bro

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse; illustrated edition edition (January 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583480935
• ISBN-13: 978-1583480939
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Remember "Bob & Carol, Ted & Alice"?, September 14, 1999

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R. L. MILLER (FT LAUDERDALE FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Proposition 31 (Paperback)

Two suburbanite couples who get involved in what used to be called "wife-swapping" back when that film came out? Rimmer offers a what-if secenario: what if the "straying" involved more than just "hot sex"? And what if each partner involved still loved his or her legitimate spouse as well? There are the usual variables involved. It's typical Rimmer for the quartet to decide that return to status quo ante might not necessarily be the right option, but he tends to gloss over the potential for a negative effect on the kids--each couple has two. Rimmer's body of work as a whole shows an overestimate of mankind's level of social evolution. All the ground gained along those lines during the period immediately before and after this book's original publication has since been lost right back and then some.