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Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year without Sex Hardcover – June 24 2010

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Seeking love in an age obsessed with sex, a journalist chronicles her year without

On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Hephzibah Anderson glimpsed her college boyfriend going into a jewelry store with a smiling blonde-and in that moment realized it had been years since a man told her he loved her. This discovery led her to question a decade of emotionally frustrating relationships with commitment phobes. As she examined her past, she recognized that most of these relationships went off course at the precise moment sex was involved. Anderson decided it was time to spend a full year without sex to rediscover its meaning and purpose in her life. In this confessional account, Anderson shares the results of that year, narrating each month as she flirts, dates, and swoons but doesn't have sex. The results-her feelings about femininity, her body, and romance-are illuminating.

Told with Elizabeth Gilbertesque candor, Chastened reveals much about our contradictory cultural attitudes towards sex and the ways intercourse has been used as a shortcut to deeper intimacies. An antidote to the growing genre of another-notch-in-the-bedpost memoirs, Chastened is a refreshing look at what's to be gained by going without.

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288 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Viking
Publication date

June 24 2010
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15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-10

0670021865
ISBN-13

978-0670021864
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Hephzibah Anderson graduated from Cambridge University with an English degree and has worked as a journalist and broadcaster ever since, contributing to publications including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New York Observer. She was the fiction editor at the Daily Mail and has written columns for The Observer (London) and the London Evening Standard. Her recent work has appeared in Bloomberg Muse and BBC Radio.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking (June 24 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670021865
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670021864
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 476 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm

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Hephzibah Anderson graduated from Cambridge University with an English degree and has worked as a journalist ever since. She was the fiction editor at the Daily Mail and covered first novels for the Observer. She has also written about contemporary art, food and futurology, and interviewed the likes of Germaine Greer, Juliette Binoche, and Judy Blume. Her recent work has appeared in Vogue and Bloomberg Muse and on BBC Radio, where she regularly guests on an early-hours books phone-in show.

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Main Line Mama

A Must read for the Dating Woman

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2010

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This book came at the perfect time as I was evaluating my behavior in dating relationships. After two divorces and more dates than I can possibly count this book put a lot into perspective. This is not a book from the religious right...it is written by a fairly young woman who is dealing with sexuality in the search for love. This is a very hip analysis on why you really have to use your head and not your hormones to protect your heart and your mental health. Give this to any woman who feels like she is overwhelmed by the choices she needs to make to find a truly appropriate mate.

PS. 2.5 years after reading this book and keeping my wits plus my panties in place...I met a wonderful man who is worthy. We married a year later. I was a newlywed at 65.

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shoes4fun

TThoughtful read

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2010

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Chastened is read by a lovely British voice and is very enjoyable and soothing. The author is a great writer with a clever wit that comes through in this challenge she made to herself. I was intrigued to find the scholarly references interspersed throughtout the book. My only objection is to the frequent skips in the CD. This has never occured to me except for copies I have made. I wonder if I got an original CD?

A good, thoughtful read by a clever writer.

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Veronica Jacques

Good book but took a little longer for me to ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2018

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Good book but took a little longer for me to read. A lot of unnecessary jargon but the content is a good read. Helpful in this journey and can totally relate.

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A. Mark

A little boring...perhaps meant for women only

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2011

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As a man, I was interested to get the female perspective on dating and sex (or lack thereof). I never fully got a sense of why she withheld herself, and there are several parts about clothing and other female things that (for me) didn't contribute that much to the story. Also historical and film references. I'm not interested why she wore certain outfits or why nuns decided to be chaste.

The writing style is British (though much of the story is in the States), with some slang words that require a visit to Google dictionary.

This could easily have been a short story akin to a teen's version of "What I didn't do this Summer."

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Victor R. Crane

Great Service, very interesting book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2010

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Chastened arrived early, the service was wonderful and I would purchase from them again. The book was very interesting and insightful. I would recommend this to anyone over 30 years old.

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V.Crane

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