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With My Body [Paperback]

Nikki Gemmell
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Book Description

7 Jun 2012

For fans of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY; the author of sensational bestseller THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE returns with a powerful tale of marriage and desire.

‘“There’s something incredibly erotic about a woman” – his voice drops into breath, he can barely say it – “bound. Hidden,” he continues. “Wrapped. Think of Heloise and Abelard. Unwrapping themselves, all their clothes, their known lives – for each other, no one else. The cheongsam…will you wear it? For me?”
You nod your obeyance…’

You remember a man whose only pleasure was in giving. You escape from the drudgery of married life in memories of that first affair, with a man who thrilled with your desire. Who asked you to try everything in a quest to find the extremes of your love.

The story of an education in love with the most compelling hero since Christian Grey; discover passion reawakened in WITH MY BODY…


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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate (7 Jun 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007346395
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007346394
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Praise for ‘The Bride Stripped Bare’:

'Starkly explicit…richly descriptive with a fast-paced narrative' Sunday Telegraph

'Nikki Gemmel's prose has a wonderful sensuousness…witty…a subtle portrait of a modern and rather alienating marriage' Lisa Appignanesi, Independent Magazine

'Must read…A tale of sexual awakening for the dark horse in all of us' Tatler

‘The sex is well-written…Gemmell is refreshingly straightforward about the act' Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard

'Easy to read, hard to put down. Keep an extinguisher handy' Closer

'A page-turner' Evening Standard

'A bored housewife embarks on a life of sexual pleasure…The sex is rude and raunchy and "exactly where you want it"' Elle

'Personal dilemmas are bravely explored; thoughts and fantasies about sex and infidelity, which most women have learned to keep to themselves, are laid bare on the page in all their shocking glory…brutal, brilliant and addictive' Glasgow Herald

About the Author

Nikki Gemmell’s unmasking as the 'anonymous' author of The Bride Stripped Bare sparked tremendous media interest in the book, which went on to become an international bestseller. Reviewers have hailed the freshness and power of her writing.


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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A moving story of one woman's sexual awakening 30 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover
I devoured this tear jerking novel in 2 days - it's the best book I've read this year. To even attempt to review a book so beautifully written is to fall so far short of doing it any justice at all. It's littered with wonderful, poignant thoughts on love and relationships.

A woman with three young boys who, on the surface, is happily married, realises she's feeling tired and helplessly trapped in her life. She's lost interest in sex and feels fed up with the challenges of motherhood and its irritations. She wonders what's missing from her married life. 'Love should be empowering not eviscerating'. She longs to feel alive again and recalls the passion she experienced during an intense relationship as a teenager with an older man.

The middle half of the book reverts back in time to this passionate love affair and is very sensual, raw, erotic and poetic.

As an adult and a woman struggling with her loss of identity she revisits this relationship. Along the way she deals with other unresolved issues from her youth. She faces the grief she felt as a child whose father withheld his love, and she also forgives her stepmother's hatred -in part by simply accepting that they are totally different people.

Though revisiting the infatuated love of her younger days and learning about love between a parent and child she feels liberated and sees things in a new light. 'We have come to view life in its entirety, instead of agonisingly puzzling over its disjointed parts'. She feels empowered in middle age, there is a reawakening of her own sexuality and she shows her husband a sexual self she's never dared reveal before.

'Love vividly and with passion... We must wring as much happiness as we can out of life during our allotted time on this earth...Seize that happiness and be content with it'.

'Act with audacity. To be noticed. Free. Strong. To live life the way you want. That is your burden - and the great adventure ahead'.

A sensual, honest, modern story about love.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable and Thought Provoking Read! 20 July 2012
By Jacky K
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I chose this novel after reading the five star reviews that others had written. I must say I enjoyed the book very much. The writing style was slightly different to others but very well written, descriptive and flowing. A lovely story of a young girl's awakening into love, relationships and sex and how it affects her later life, very touching at times, sad even, but thoroughly enjoyable. As others have said I found it unputdownable and read it within a couple of days. I am certainly looking forward to reading more from this author, I am sure I won't be disappointed. I definitely recommend this novel that well deserves its five stars.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars With my body 4 July 2012
By summer
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Loved this book,related to it in many ways. A really good read and definatley would recommend it. I like Nikki Gemmel as an author and have got a lot of my friends into her books.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Wonderful Novel
I loved The Bride Stripped Bare so much and especially enjoyed reading this follow up, beautifully written with wonderful insights. Great author and voice.
Published 5 days ago by J. Poole
1.0 out of 5 stars dont like this
could not get into this book at all i found the way it was written was not a style that was to my tastes
Published 7 days ago by Mrs. K. J. Lowry
1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like
Didn't like the way the book was set out from the beginning should of read the reviews first. Couldn't get it. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read.
I wanted to read an erotic novel and this one caught my eye! In fact, it was better than I expected, with a very good story line too. Read more
Published 25 days ago by June D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!
For anyone who has read any other Nikki Gemmell books or any of the 50 shades trilogy, you will love it.
Published 1 month ago by Nicola Toole
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Loved how in this book, we watched the character grow, from bush kid, to a lady who knows what she wants, and more importantly, how to achieve it!!
Published 1 month ago by Kat Pallister
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok read
Not my best book choice and I felt it was lacking. Certainly not up to the hype of other books mentioned in its reviews.
Published 2 months ago by GMC
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
This book took a short while to get into, but once I did, I couldn't put it down.
It has a very intriguing storyline.
Written as a type of journal.
Published 2 months ago by K Perkins
4.0 out of 5 stars Nikki Gemmell
Good book , although very hard to get into at first , as writer is Australian originally , so was a bit harder to get into , as her writing style is different to the normal chick... Read more
Published 2 months ago by s e hayward
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC BOOK
FANTASTIC BOOK good authour and story, I am not a critic. what do you want an essay.i have got 55 of these to write and dont have time for all this.
Published 2 months ago by Heide Grant
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