Wildly funny and searingly honest, this is a book for everyone who has ever been shaken and changed by love. With the help and counsel of her best friend, Isadora Wing, Vanessa navigates the phishers and pishers, and starts to question if what she's looking for might be close at hand after all.įear of Dying is a daring and delightful look at what it really takes to be human and female in the 21st century. In her new novel, she writes about how the need for sex, touch and connection doesnt diminish when you get older. So she places an ad for sex on a site called and the life she knew begins to unravel. Author Erica Jong famously explored female sexuality in 1973s Fear of Flying. Although Vanessa considers herself "a happily married woman," the lack of sex in her life makes her feel as if she's losing something too valuable to ignore. Vanessa Wonderman is a gorgeous former actress in her 60's who finds herself balancing between her dying parents, her aging husband and her beloved, pregnant daughter. The iconic, bestselling author delivers her first book in ten years - and the sequel to the groundbreaking novel, Fear of Flying.įear of Dying is a hilarious, heart wrenching, and beautifully told story about what happens when one woman steps reluctantly into the afternoon of life.
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