Fear of Flying: 50th Anniversary Edition, (Paperback)

from rmagahiz

An exploration into the psychology of a woman finding herself, at the vanguard of the feminist movement of the 1960s. It deserves its shocking reputation even all these years later, with a relish for scatology reminiscent of Rabelais, always with a commitment to tell the emotional truth about the...

from Lisa.Johnson.James

Erica creates almost an anti-heroine in this book. Isadora Wing is a Jewish American Princess, native New Yorker, & has the market on guilt cornered. She's a poet & a writer, married to her second husband Bennett, a shrink she married shortly after her first marriage to Brian was annulled. Brian ...

from SeriousGrace

The takeaway from Jong's Fear of Flying is the underlying message of freedom (especially freedom from fear). To fly is to be free and this is one woman's story about wanting that ability to become unfettered and free. Her sexuality and psychology are just metaphors for the deeper meaning of femin...

from aliciamay

I received a 40th anniversary copy thanks to the Early Reviewers program, but I didn't really know what to expect from this book, other than it should be thought-provoking since it is a seminal feminist book. I was nicely surprised by how much I enjoyed it and found that it still resonates to tod...

from RoseCityReader

What a surprise! I put off reading this for years, afraid it was just some outdated, feminist polemic. I was wrong. It is funny, charming, and completely engaging. I was alternately reminded of Philip Roth, Woody Allen, Two for the Road, and Sex and the City. Loved it!