ERICA JONG at Books Inc. Berkeley

New York Times-bestselling author Erica Jong shares her first book in ten years Fear of Dying.

Four decades ago, Erica Jong revolutionized the way we look at love, marriage and sex. Her world-wide bestseller, Fear of Flying opened the doors for writers from Jennifer Weiner to Lena Dunham. Now she does it again by giving us powerful, new perspective on the next phase of women's lives. Full of the sly humor, deep wisdom and poignancy we know from her poetry, fiction and essays, she delivers the novel women everywhere have been waiting for...

Fear of Dying

As the afternoon of life looms over Vanessa Wonderman, she watches her parents age, attends doctor appointments with her pregnant daughter, and sits by the hospital bed of her husband, Asher, fifteen years her senior. With her best years as an actress behind her, she's discovering that beginnings are easy, but endings can be hard.

Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on zipless.com? A site inspired by the writings of her best friend, Isadora Wing, it promises "no strings attached" encounters-and Vanessa is so restless that she's willing to try anything.

Fear of Dying is a daring and delightful look at what it really takes to be human and female in the 21st century. Wildly funny and searingly honest, it is a story for everyone who has ever been shaken and changed by love.

Event date: 
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Books Inc.
1491 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA
Books: 
Fear of Dying: A Novel By Erica Jong Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250065919
Availability: Out of Print
Published: St. Martin's Press - September 8th, 2015

Fear of Flying: 50th Anniversary Edition By Erica Jong, Molly Jong-Fast (Foreword by), Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Erica Jong, Molly Jong-Fast (Foreword by), Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780451209436
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Published: Berkley - November 4th, 2003