- Hardcover: 361 pages
- Publisher: Trident Press (1973)
- ISBN-10: 0671742523
- ISBN-13: 978-0671742522
- ASIN: B0006C58T0
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 15 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,276,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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107 of 117 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Let me first say that anyone interested in sexual psychology should read this work. An unprecedented collection of the sexual thoughts, desires, fears and, of course, fantasies from women in 70's USA and UK.
However, it is more a book concerned with erotic fantasy rather than an erotic read, despite being promoted as such on many adult sites. Many of the accounts are from women who had anxieties & inhibitions about their sexuality, or failings in their relationships, which comes across in their accounts as pathetic & sometimes pitiful revelations. Most are written in a bland & unarousing style when compared to much of today's literature. This was an era where women's sexual confidence was still embryonic, the fact that some can still relate to these women may show that their evolution is still not complete.
It's only failings are the author's self confessed, autobiographical leaning which gives some bias to the objectiveness of the research & a journalist's amateur, over simplified generalisation to some of the analysis. Other than this, Nancy Friday has to be applauded for this book.
However, it is more a book concerned with erotic fantasy rather than an erotic read, despite being promoted as such on many adult sites. Many of the accounts are from women who had anxieties & inhibitions about their sexuality, or failings in their relationships, which comes across in their accounts as pathetic & sometimes pitiful revelations. Most are written in a bland & unarousing style when compared to much of today's literature. This was an era where women's sexual confidence was still embryonic, the fact that some can still relate to these women may show that their evolution is still not complete.
It's only failings are the author's self confessed, autobiographical leaning which gives some bias to the objectiveness of the research & a journalist's amateur, over simplified generalisation to some of the analysis. Other than this, Nancy Friday has to be applauded for this book.
This is a must for anyone wanting more insight into the female sexual psyche, but if you're looking for titillation I would try something else more fitting from the now bulging erotica bookshelves.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
i am a busy mum who was losing interest in sex. this book was just what i needed to get motivated again. some of it is a bit much but if you just need a wee help to get in the mood this is the book for you! hope you enjoy it.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There's only one word to describe this book: Fantastic! It's bright, insightful and very, very interesting. The only problem I had with it is that I wanted it to go on for about another hundred pages! I would HIGHLY recommend this book along with Playtime (Kim Corum) as both deal with innermost fantasies and are very well written.
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This book is valid as it's written by real women who solicited their own fantasy's. Freeing for the mind as you discover that most anything you've thought, some one else has... Read more
Published 19 months ago by G. Hobbs
Not bad - not right
This book may have been an eye opener a few years ago but just seems like average run of the mill pop psychology now and another book about sex. Read more
Published 22 months ago by SJB
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My weekly magazine recommended My Secert Garden as a good read. Well they were not wrong, i found this book fasinating and true. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by Paula Box
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Excellent book, my second by author Nancy Friday. Would recommend this book to women and men alike, it's an eye opener.
Published on 18 May 2009 by K. Hughes
An historical record
The most interesting thing about this book is the insight that it gives into the lives of women living in the 70s. Read more
Published on 25 May 2002
Excellent book. All you frustrated women must buy it!
I read this book 6 years ago and I still think about the various stories. Read this book if you are in a couple or even on your own, it will really electrify the mind
Published on 12 Dec 2001
Womens innermost fantasies revealed
This book is fantastic.Men, get this book, find out how a woman REALLY ticks.Not all the real-life fantasies in this book will make the earth move for you, but it is compulsive in... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2000
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I have read all but Forbidden Flowers in this series, although I have read extracts from this book. My Secret Garden gives the best account of womens fantasies. Read more
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