Naked Self: Lessons Learned from the Men in My Life.Naked Self Kate O'Sullivan Walking Grass River Press PO Box 17212, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 0976841509 $22.00 www.nakedselfthebook.com Part personal memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. , part thoughtful reflections on relationships between the genders, Naked Self: Lessons Learned From The Men In My Life, provides the reader with twenty anecdotally illustrated "lessons learned" about men by a woman who experienced them "up close and personal". Naked Self is a record of Kate O'Sullivan's sexual encounters beginning at the age of 14, growing up during the "Sexual Revolution", dating during the years of the AIDS epidemic, two marriages, having a child, and now approaching menopause menopause (mĕn`əpôz) or climacteric (klīmăk`tərĭk, klī'măktĕr`ĭk) . Naked Self is almost brutally candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. , repeatedly surprising, descriptive and insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining. Autobiographer au·to·bi·og·ra·phy n. pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies The biography of a person written by that person. au Kate O'Sullivan uses her very demonstrable de·mon·stra·ble adj. 1. Capable of being demonstrated or proved: demonstrable truths. 2. Obvious or apparent: demonstrable lies. talent as a writer to bring the reader into not only the story of her life, but the story of her times. If you only have time for one really absorbing biography--you would be well advised to make it Kate O'Sullivan's Naked Self! |
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