{"product_id":"fear-of-fifty-a-midlife-memoir-paperback","title":"Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErica Jong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErica Jong\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeducing the Demon\u003c\/i\u003e has introduced Erica Jong to readers who hadn't been born when \u003ci\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1973. Now one of her finest works of nonfiction -and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller-is back in print with a new afterword. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFear of Fifty\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e, and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing--the heroine of \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e--as a woman of a certain age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including \u003cb\u003eFanny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHow to Save Your\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOwn Life\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eParachutes and Kisses\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAny Woman's Blues\u003c\/b\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003cb\u003eSappho's Leap\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of the memoir \u003cb\u003eFear of Fifty\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.26 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751122895136,"sku":"9781585425242","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b162ccee13a3bba9030ce1019d8be3be.webp?v=1779964929","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fear-of-fifty-a-midlife-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}