Desperate Women Need to Talk to You.

by Joan Frank

ISBN: 0943233682
ISBN-13: 9780943233680
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: Conari Pr
Published date: 1994
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.5 pounds

Publisher's Notes

"Desperate Women Need to Talk to You", originally a headline for an advertisement for phone sex, was spotted one day by author Joan Frank. Marveling at the irony and bluntness, Frank thought of the similarity to her own life: woman desperately trying to make sense of midlife. She decided to tell all. With both wit and sharp-hewn honesty, Joan Frank tackles the big and little issues facing the enormous number of women rounding the corner into middle age: our longing for the fountain of youth; that we can no longer eat whatever we want without getting fat; the decision to have children or not; the perils of pantyhose, and the agony and ecstasy of entering a new relationship.

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