The Tuesday Erotica Club [Paperback]

Lisa Beth Kovetz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

"Who knew writing about and reading about dirty sexual peccadilloes could be so cathartic and life-affirming?" --Kirkus Reviews

Four women meet in an empty conference room. Each is slightly nervous, slightly intrigued and all are armed with steamy fantasies of their own creation. What was once a boring lunchtime literary club is transformed into something else, something forbidden, something that will make them forever friends.

"A clever and bawdy debut with characters that immediately transport the reader onto a sexy rollercoaster ride of fun. A daring novel of shared female fantasies that most women would never reveal in polite, or for that matter, impolite, company. --Suzy Parker, author of Sex in the South

"A sexy, raucous adventure about four women discovering the best secrets of friendship, work and love." --Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family

"This is the debut of an obviously gifted writer whose ear for dialogue and eye for detail (to say nothing of the sensual and sexual sort) put Lisa Beth Kovetz's name on my list of authors to look forward to reading." --Laura Van Wormer, bestselling author of Riiverside Drive

"An always entertaining account of four strong characters who become friends and, in the end, much more." --Booklist

"When Lisa Beth Kovetz wrote The Tuesday Erotica Club she was in an erotic mood. Join the club and have some fun!" --Sidney Sheldon

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This debut novel by playwright and standup comic Kovetz promises more than it delivers in almost every sense, starting with the "erotica" of the title. The club in question comprises four bored women working in a law firm who meet over lunch to share naughty bits from their own writing—barely erotic, poorly written passages that often devolve into sub–Sex and the City patter. The men are one-dimensional foils (the abuser, the wimp, the sexually confused, etc.); the women are defined primarily by their opposition to each other: Lux is a dim working-class secretary while Brooke is an artist and former debutante, paralegal Aimee is pregnant and abandoned while lawyer Margot is menopausal and defiantly single. They never click as a group, and perhaps they aren't supposed to; as the novel progresses, it becomes clear that this is Lux's story. Strong and sympathetic, she deserves a novel all to herself. (Apr.)
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From Booklist

What started out as a literary club composed of 40 law-firm employees who met at lunchtime to share their attempts at writing has devolved into four women who write erotica. Aimee created the group to take her mind off the fact that she's pregnant and her husband is increasingly absent. Lux, a young secretary working her way out of her degenerate neighborhood, uses the club as a way to learn from the other women. Brooke attends in support of her friend Aimee, works part-time at the firm, paints, and has had the same boyfriend for 20 years. At 50, Margot is successful but realizes that she has no female friends. Four very different women, who at first seem to have nothing in common, grow closer as each week passes--not that their relationships don't have problems--but therein lies the fun of reading Kovetz's sometimes raunchy but always entertaining account of four strong characters who become friends and, in the end, much more. Maria Hatton
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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140220664X
• ISBN-13: 978-1402206641
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,680,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The Tuesday Erotica Club is my first novel, published by Sourcebooks, Inc. It's a story about a women's book club that can't stop talking about s*x. (For some reason, Amazon won't let me write the word "s*x".) The book is about two of my favorite subjects, s*x and real estate. Before this I was a music producer. The best thing I ever did was the Jazz, Baby series of jazz for kids with amazing artist singing nursery rhymes set to jazz - Taj Mahal doing "If I Had A Hammer," Billy Preston singing "Clementine." And lots of others. It's a great set of music.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lighthearted and Fun, May 22, 2006

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M. D. Stern (Orange, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tuesday Erotica Club (Paperback)

This book is just simply fun! If looking for a good summer read about friends, gossip, relationships, pregnancy, sex, and all things that matter to us women types, this book has it all. Whether one can relate to Aimee or Brooke or Lux or Margot there is a protagonist that a reader can feel connected to and feel as if part of the club. Just good fun!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun - friendship, sex, and real estate, April 5, 2006

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Beverly Crane "Grandma Says" (Englewood, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tuesday Erotica Club (Paperback)

As a mom and grandma - I loved this book. "The Tuesday Erotica Club" was about women supporting each other as only women can. The writing is terrific and the sex was fun. Read this book - you'll want to pass it on to your friends. The lesson of the day - buy a "fixer-upper." You can do it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About Friendship, January 3, 2007

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Nova (Western WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tuesday Erotica Club (Paperback)

This was a very fun book about friendship and the dangers of judging people based on appearances. I thought the characters were wonderful and I loved the progression of friendship. I had to laugh at much of the description of pregnancy and birth. If the author has had a baby, her experience must have been very different from my own, or any of my friends. A very easy and enjoyable read. You will want to pass it on to your friends, I did. - This is not an erotica book, it is about friendship and life in general.