Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580053394 ISBN 13: 9781580053396

Publisher: Seal Press, 2010

Synopsis

The new buzzword in female sexuality is "sexual fluidity”: the idea that for many women, sexual identity can shift over time, often in the direction of same-sex relationships.

Examples abound in popular culture, from actress Cynthia Nixon, who left her male partner of 15 years to be with a woman, to writer and comedienne Carol Leifer, who divorced her husband for the same reason. In a culture increasingly open to accepting this fluidity, Dear John, I Love Jane is a timely, fiercely candid exploration of female sexuality and personal choice.

The book is comprised of essays written by a broad spectrum of women, including a number of well-known writers and personalities. Their stories are sometimes funny, sometimes painful, but always achingly honest accounts of leaving a man for a woman, and the consequences of making such a choice.

Arousing, inspiring, bawdy, bold, and heartfelt, Dear John, I Love Jane is an engrossing reflection of a new era of female sexuality.

About this title

About the Author

Candace Walsh is a writer, poet, and editor living in Santa Fe. She co-founded and edited Mamalicious magazine, and she is the articles and poetry editor at Mothering magazine.

Laura André received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico, she now works for a bookseller specializing in photography books. Together with two dogs, she live in Albuquerque.

Reviews

There are plenty of coming-out stories on the market, important but familiar tales of women who knew from childhood that they were "different" and the ways in which they forged their own paths in a heterosexual world. The women in this refreshing anthology come from a different angle entirely. After decades of heterosexuality--frequently perfectly fulfilling--they meet a woman who turns their world upside down. Initially shocked--am I gay? Or is it just her?--they experience a shift in identity that is as welcome as it is unexpected. Some of their husbands and boyfriends are supportive; others are not. Some of the women are still with the woman who prompted the change; some are with another, or in an open marriage with men, or still exploring their identities. All speak of occupying a strange place on the spectrum of sexuality: "I won't insult my past self by saying I was in denial or confused. I am a textbook example of the fluidity of sexuality," writes one contributor. These stories are often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and always brave as they reveal an often-overlooked arena of sexuality. (Nov.) (c)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Seal Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580053394
• ISBN 13: 9781580053396
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Walsh Candace, André Laura