Catherine Millet

In an erotic memoir, the author honestly and graphically describes her active and free sexual life of physical gratification, the consequences of sex stripped of sentiment, and the fallacies of female sexuality.

The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

A window into a life of insatiable desire and uninhibited sex - this is Parisian art critic Catherine M.'s account of her sexual awakening and her unrestrained pursuit of pleasure. From the glamorous singles clubs of Paris to the Bois de Boulogne, she describes her erotic experiences in precise and beautiful detail. A phenomenal bestseller throughout Europe, The Sexual Life of Catherine M., like Fifty Shades of Grey, breaks with accepted ideas of sex and examines many alternative manifestations of desire. Told in spare, elegant prose, her story will shock, enlighten and liberate you.

taryn a.

clunky, pretentious language, repetitive chapters, and among many highlights the comparison of sexual frustration to — and I quote — “benign autism”

Now in paperback "The New York Times" and national bestseller hailed as "brilliantly literate, utterly unabashed . . . consistently provocative" ("The Philadelphia Inquirer") was the controversial sleeper hit of the year--a candid, powerful, and deeply intelligent depiction of unfettered sexuality.

The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

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