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Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAgate Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-100972456201

ISBN-139780972456203

eBay Product ID (ePID)2492599

Product Key Features

Book TitleSexual Healing

Number of Pages318 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAfrican American / General, Literary, Humorous / General

Publication Year2003

GenreFiction

AuthorJill Nelson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight22.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-004947

ReviewsA brothel for women? Journalist Nelson, the author of several popular nonfiction books (Straight, No Chaser; etc.), offers a ribald take on the battle between the sexes and one heck of an entrepreneurial scheme in her wickedly funny first novel...a great read, and a standout in the genre of African-American popular fiction., Place two best girlfriends outside on a deck on a warm California Sunday afternoon, give them a bottle of champagne to share and...the conversation will turn frank and funky fast, with no topic too sacred to explore and no bodily function so private that talk and friendship can't handle the grittiest detail. Such is the set-up of Sexual Healing, described by its publisher as a 'steamy and scabrously funny...comedy of outraged manners," an altogether fair, even slightly modest assessment. The conversation of the two friends in question...centers primarily on the two topics no heterosexual woman can stay away from for long: men--their baffling and sometimes boneheaded ways--and the sidebar to that, sex with same...As a social commentator, [Jill Nelson] is pretty fearless. She also knows how to construct a compelling narrative. Happily, she scraps neither of these talents as a novelist...I wouldn't dream of giving away the details of the all-out boffo finale except to say that many clues are dropped throughout the book, none without consequence or reason, and the careful reader should pay attention., Jill Nelson is well known as a bold truth-teller with a wicked sense of humor...In her first novel, she devotes all of her writing talents, observation skills, and uncanny ear for dialogue to a unique and controversial premise--a brothel for women--that is likely to make her book the must-have summer read for 2003...Nelson uses this set-up...to spin a post-feminist fable of sexual empowerment that's smart, explicit, and side-splittingly funny. In fact, the book ought to come with a label warning those fresh out of surgery or with severe medical issues to beware before reading., Yes, this is [Jill Nelson's] first novel, and thus she has no business stroking our mental erogenous zones with such cool confidence.... Sexual Healing is the funny, erotic account of two African-American professionals in their 40s who decide to open a 'full-service' spa in Nevada exclusively for black women in need of more than a massage and a pedicure....Despite all the racy scenes, Sexual Healing is also about the struggle to start a small business, the inner conflicts sparked by making money in the world's oldest profession and society's response to women who take charge of their sexuality., Beach reading at its finest: funny, lively and nasty enough that you'll want to keep it away from the young'uns. So scoop out a place back there in the lingerie drawer where you hide books like this and get a highlighter to mark the instructional segments for your partner.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813.6

Synopsis"Smart, explicit, and side-splittingly funny."--Ebony Jill Nelson, bestselling author of Volunteer Slavery and Straight, No Chaser, has written a steamy and uproarious debut novel that tells the story of Lydia and Acey, two childhood friends who've grown up to become successful midcareer professionals. But their career success is matched by their romantic and sexual frustrations. One night, dissecting their dissatisfactions over a bottle of wine, they concoct a plan: why not develop a business that discreetly supplies handsome black men willing and able to serve the sexual needs of black women? Thus is born the idea for Sexual Healing -- a "full--service" spa aimed at meeting all of black women's intimate desires. Launching the enterprise is a struggle, but the conflict is just beginning: even as their delighted customer base grows, they face a firestorm of attacks from hostile media, grandstanding church leaders and other outraged parties. From the most dignified black church in Oakland to sex-positive small-town Nevada, from the racks of Loehmann's to the skyscraping executive suites of San -Francisco, Sexual Healing is a page-turning comedy of outraged manners, a blistering satire on American gender and race relations, and a sexually frank exploration of what women really want. Jill Nelson unleashes the storytelling abandon that captivated readers of Volunteer Slavery and gives it full rein in what's sure to be one of the hottest books of 2003. Jill Nelson is the author of the bestselling Volunteer Slavery (Noble, 1993), which won an American Book Award, and Straight, No Chaser (Putnam, 1997), and the editor of the anthology Police Brutality (Norton, 1999). She is a regular contributor to the Village Voice and MSNBC.com, among other publications. She teaches at the City College of New York and lives in Manhattan."

LC Classification NumberPS3614.E4458S495