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The Bride Stripped Bare (Paperback)

by Nikki Gemmell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (4 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060591889
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060591885
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The problem with pornography is not that it exploits or degrades, but that if you are remotely interested in it there is so much about that it can absorb every moment of every waking hour, plus some when you are not awake. As a delivery medium for pornography, the printed book lacks the impact of the Internet, and must rely for its appeal not on explicitness but literary value. Part of the sales pitch for this book is that the female author has two novels to her name, which is a secret. Like all sex books this one is conventional, being an account of sexual awakening and self-discovery. As usual with pornography what is particularly exciting is what is not shown or said. In this case the identity of 'Anonymous'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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An explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape by an anonymous writer. A woman disappears. Her car lies abandoned on a remote bluff; no body is found. She was the good wife, the good mother: mannerly, quiet, self-contained. But she has left behind an incendiary diary chronicling a disturbing journey of sexual awakening. As the diary opens on her honeymoon in Morocco, she believes herself to be happy -- or happy enough, anyway. Swiftly, this security masquerading as love fractures in an act of massive betrayal, only to propel her into a world of desire and fantasy and recklessness. What begins for her in the imagination ends in a tangle of sheets, in a drowning spiral of obsession and release. She finds an unlikely heroine to inspire her in a dusty, rare manuscript written by an anonymous woman in the 1600s, a cry from the heart for women to live and love freely. With this as guide, she dares to rupture convention, learning, for the first time, the intoxicating power of knowing what she wants and how to get it. The question is, how long can her soul sustain a perilous double life? Coolly impassioned, THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE tells shocking truths about love and sex. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A FIND, 10 May 2004
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I was keen to read this novel after devouring the author's columns each week in the Mail on Sunday. I wasn't disappointed. Her writing is consistently fearless, original and thought-provoking. She is not afraid to speak her mind which is what I love about her journalism and her books. "The Bride Stripped Bare" is about many types of love - that between a husband and wife, a wife and a female friend, a mother and a child, a woman and her lover. But it's also about an everyday housewife finding sexual fulfillment in a most unconventional way, beyond all the compromises of married life. It's about a woman's deepest, darkest thoughts (dare I say every woman's!) I was seduced not only by the courage of the book but by the beauty of its prose. It's a wonderfully satisfying, deeply felt read.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an amazingly honest, compelling read - couldn't put it down, 29 Mar 2004
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This was one of the best books I've ever read. I kept on thinking "this could be me, it's everything I think." I can imagine that so much of what is in here is really scary for guys, because it's a side of women they never see. I read the book over two nights and as soon as I finished i wanted to begin it all over again. It's sexy, deeply moving, haunting and really touched a raw nerve with me. I think the author was very brave to do what they did. I've passed it on to so many women and they all agree with me. I can't get my copy back, it keeps on being passed around to other women!
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for everyone in a relationship, 30 Mar 2005
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This is one of the most intensely moving books I've read in a long time. It's about a woman who, dissatisfied with her humdrum marriage, decides the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and, although she fights it initially, allows herself to become involved for a short, passionate, time, with another man.

It explores the different kinds of love we all experience at some point in our lives; the kind of love which is like a warm blanket on a cold night; the almost obsessional kind which overwhelms you with its intensity but that you know is impossible to last; the unconditional love which parents hold for their child.

If you have ever experienced any of these emotions, it's worth reading. The key thing that I took away from this book, is that it could happen to normal people just like you or I.

It's not a book for anyone with strong moralistic views about what is right and what is wrong in a relationship, but if you believe that people are human and therefore make mistakes and learn from them, and approach this book with an open mind, it will change your outlook on what a relationship really is - and will challenge your view on what you really need to be happy in a relationship.

I won't spoil the ending for you, but some of you will go away thinking 'Phew, glad that's not me!' and others will go away thinking 'Phew, that could so easily have been me!' :) Enjoy!

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