Synopses & Reviews
Cynthia Heimel seduced readers with her runaway bestseller
Sex Tips for Girls. Now, in this eagerly awaited follow-up, Heimel takes us on a journey toward romantic enlightenment and finds it's not all that far from midtown.
Should you date a man who's on Prozac? Why is "single" a buzzword that makes us feel like killing ourselves? What's so funny about a man in a dress? Why was the panty girdle the straw that broke the back of the patriarchy? What if your son gets married on MTV? Is the Backlash over? Why does the theory of evolution dictate that every human must get laid as much as humanly possible? Entertaining, erudite, and always irreverent, Heimel's manifesto is a must-have for the twenty-first-century female.
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Lori Gottlieb People Wickedly hilarious essays...all snappy fun.
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Seattle Weekly [A] long awaited...trip (and tip) worth taking.
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Merrill Markoe author of It's My F---ing Birthday [This] book is so funny, smart, and hilariously enraged that I cannot recommend it too highly. Well, I guess I could. But I don't know where that would get us exactly.
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Anne Lamott author of Traveling Mercies Cynthia Heimel is the funniest, most wonderful writer on romance, and sex, and bodies. Sometimes she makes me laugh out loud and sometimes she makes me feel like crying. This book is even better than Sex Tips for Girls. I'm going to tell people I wrote it.
Synopsis
Twenty years ago, Cynthia Heimel wrote the sassy, smart primer on dating and mating, Sex Tips for Girls. After living through the eighties and nineties, another marriage and divorce, and her son's marriage on MTV, Heimel returns with a no-holds-barred report on what she's learned. Filled with rib-tickling tidbits and candid confessions about Heimel's own pursuit of love, Advanced Sex Tips for Girls addresses the key issues of facing women today, including:
-- Should you date a man on Prozac?
-- Why is "single" a buzzword that makes us feel like killing ourselves?
-- Why does the theory of evolution dictate that every human being must get laid as much as humanly possible?
Like Sex Tips for Girls, Heimel's newest guide to the landscape of love provides readers with lots of laughs and a wealth of hard-won wisdom, whether they're just starting out or are battle-scarred veterans of the sexual revolution.
About the Author
Cynthia Heimel is the author of seven books, including the bestselling Sex Tips for Girls, and numerous columns and articles. She lives in Oakland, California, with her boyfriend, his son, and too many dogs.
Table of Contents
ContentsI. PROLOGUE TO A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
- Giddy!
- "Complicity," He Said
- The Fifties -- Root of All Panty Girdles
II. DATING GODDAMMIT
- Problem Lady
- Getting Laid: The Point
- Dater Beware
- The Alleged Shame of Solo
III. RELATIONSHIPS AND BREAKDOWNS
- Problem Lady
- What Are Boundary Issues?
- Listening to Peanut M&M's
- Beware of Love at First Sight
- The Sixties, Still a Problem for the Chicks
IV. ALPHA BITCH SOUP
- Women's Intuition?
- My Life as a Man
- Men: The Default Sex
- Bitch! Bitch! Bitch?
- Mothering Made Easy
- Hardwired
- Problem Lady
V. FALLING DOWN
- Leaving Home
- The Seventies
VI. A NEW LEASH
- Life: A Theme Park
- My Angel Homer
- Dog Is My Copilot
- Take My Collectibles, Please
- Little Annie, Happy at Last
- Political Correction
- A Very Modern Wedding
- Problem Lady
- Mental Notes
- The Hobag Manifesto
- The Heart Is a Lonely Muncher