Title:
This might be too personal : and other intimate stories
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2022.
Physical Description:
x, 244 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781250810885
Abstract:
"A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhood, and finding yourself, by the editor of New York Magazine's Sex Diaries. Alyssa Shelasky has a lot to tell you. In this hilarious and intimate essay collection, Alyssa navigates life as a wild-hearted woman and her thrilling career as a sex, relationship, and celebrity writer in New York City. From double-booking an interview with Sarah Jessica Parker and an abortion appointment and unsuccessfully quitting sex and men entirely to have a baby via an anonymous sperm donor, to hooking up with a hot musician while eight months pregnant and then finding her life partner but vowing to never get married, Alyssa's essays paint a deeply genuine, romantic, and uproarious portrait of a woman who craves both love and lust, and refuses to settle or sacrifice her fierce inner-spirit, sometimes to her own regret and detriment. And she's not afraid to give you every single beautiful, messy, embarrassing, and emotional detail of her bleeding heart and busy bedroom. This Might Be Too Personal is like having (several) drinks with your best friend who has seen, heard, and done everything. Literally, everything. Told in a refreshing candor with jolts of humor, undeniable relatability, and irresistible energy, Alyssa's book is the ultimate meditation on living an authentic life with big feelings, hard decisions, and the small victories and painful mistakes of motherhood, womanhood, and profound independence"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Are you okay? -- See Alyssa date -- This might be too personal -- Dahlia -- Book party -- May you be happy -- A foreign tongue -- The life-changing cappuccino -- Dr. Grifo -- Did you bring a vibrator? -- A love letter to my anonymous sperm donor -- Echo park -- "Sex diaries": the column -- Transcendence -- One foot in front of the other -- Mommy & not me -- The powerful man -- Sam -- Verona Island -- Dolly and Doug -- Stop draggin' my heart around -- Both sides of a breakup -- They love you, but... -- Sex diaries: the docuseries -- Smitty -- My wedding dress -- The final breakup -- A celebration.
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Language:
English