Funny, fast-moving, honest, and heartbreaking, Hot Widow is the memoir of a woman who becomes hot and bothered after losing her husband, only to find out that-to men-she has become hot stuff! The book covers her first two years of coping on her own with the anxieties and trials of modern life, the burden of extreme loneliness, and, to her suprise and delight, an intense sexuality she never knew she had.\ \ About the Author:\ Phyllis Gebauer teaches fiction at UCLA Extension and leads...
Funny, fast-moving, honest, and heartbreaking, Hot Widow is the memoir of a woman who becomes hot and bothered after losing her husband, only to find out that-to men-she has become hot stuff! The book covers her first two years of coping on her own with the anxieties and trials of modern life, the burden of extreme loneliness, and, to her suprise and delight, an intense sexuality she never knew she had.About the Author:Phyllis Gebauer teaches fiction at UCLA Extension and leads workshops throughout Southern California on memoir writing and writing one's way through grief and loss. She is the author of the acclaimed novel The Pagan Blessing (Viking Press 1979, Fithian Press 2006)
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