Vintage Books, London, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. acknowledgements and preface by author. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated card cover white and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Autobiography of one the seminal 20th century feminist writers -- Erica Jong. As back panel blurb states "Fear of Fifty, is a passionate look at marriage and motherhood, fame, creativity, men and sex Â– all recounted with her own fearless mix of candour and irreverence." Creasing to the book corners and there is a nasty bump to the top edge of the front panel. Browning to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. First softcover edition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [7], VIII - IX, [1], 390 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Gender Studies; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 009958901X. ISBN/EAN: 9780099589013. Inventory No: 0285568. . 9780099589013

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Seducing the Demon has introduced Erica Jong to readers who hadn't been born when Fear of Flying was published in 1973. Now one of her finest works of nonfiction -and a New York Times bestseller-is back in print with a new afterword.In Fear of Fifty, a New York Times bestseller when first published in 1994, Erica Jong looks to the second half of her life and "goes right to the jugular of the women who lived wildly and vicariously through Fear of Flying" (Publishers Weekly), delivering highly entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood. "What Jong calls a midlife memoir is a slice of autobiography that ranks in honesty, self-perception and wisdom with [works by] Simone de Beauvoir and Mary McCarthy," wrote the Sunday Times (U.K.). "Although Jong's memoir of a Jewish American princess is wittier than either."

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0285568
Title: Fear of Fifty; A Midlife Memoir
Author: Jong, Erica
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 009958901X
ISBN 13: 9780099589013
Publisher: Vintage Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: BZDB2 Erica Jong -- Autobiography, 20th Century Feminist -- Writings Biography & Autobiography; Gender Studies; Women & Feminism. Unbranded ISBN: 009958901X EAN: 9780099589013 Jong, Erica Fear of Fifty; A Midlife Memoir
Bookseller catalogs: Gender Studies;

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