Publisher - Vermillion (Random House) - NZ$36.99 - 472 pages.
How many of us stop to consider our sex life as something that naturally evolves — much like our minds, bodies and personalities. Best-selling author and leading sex therapist, Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, takes us on a journey in arguably the most comprehensive book ever published in this category.
‘Rather than writing a “how to” book, I actually wanted to tell the story of people’s sex lives from cradle to grave through the testimonies of a variety of different people who lived through each decade,’ explains Pamela. ‘They have been remarkably frank about their sexuality and I think that illustrates the sexual journey far better than if I had tried to describe it as a sexologist.’
‘Each and every single testimony was utterly fascinating, and contributed to overwhelming evidence that we are sexual beings from even before we are born til the day we die.’
Drawing from cutting-edge research and the latest findings Pamela shows us how this journey starts before we’re even born, with babies in the womb now being photographed with tiny erections. It continues through our early childhood experiences, puberty and adolescence, early adulthood, parenthood, right up to our eighties and beyond.
An utterly fascinating and insightful look at people’s sex lives through the generations
Chapter headings:
Conception to Five: Boner Babies
Six to Puberty: The Sexperimenters
Adolescence: Am I Normal?
Early Adulthood: Who Am I Sexually
In Our Early 30's: Now Let's Do It Properly
In Our 40's: Re-evaluating Our Sexual Needs
In Our 50's: Preparing for Sexual Longevity
In Our 60's: Rediscovering Pleasure
In Our 70's: The Lovers' Peak
In Our 80's, 90's & Beyond: Hot, Creative Sex
About the author:
Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly is a clinical psychologist and has been a psychotherapist for well over a decade. She gained her PhD in Psychology in California, USA, and established a private psychotherapy practice in Beverly Hills in 1994. She also taught as Adjunct Professor in the Psychology department of the California Graduate Institute for five years. Pamela has a regular ‘Sexual Healing’ column in The Guardian and presents a psychology-based interview show called ‘Shrink Rap’ on British television.
In her private practice in Beverly Hills she provided mental health care to adult individuals and couples for a range of psychological complaints. She was founder and President of the Los Angeles Sexuality Center, an online sexual research engine which operated for five years until she moved to New York. Pamela is a past Secretary of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). In 2002 and 2003, she served as conference program co-chair of the annual AASECT Conference. Pamela is also a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health.
Best known for her work as an actress and comedian during the 1980s she is now a bestselling author and has written several books, including a bestselling biography of her husband Billy Connolly.
Pamela acted in a number of films, including Superman III, Bloodbath at the House of Death, Mel Brooks’s History of the World, Part 1, and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers but most notably, she starred in Not the Nine O’Clock News, an award-winning and highly popular topical comedy program that ran for several seasons. She also featured in the American comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live (1984 – 1985), becoming the first female Saturday Night Live cast member born outside North America.
Pamela will be home here in NZ this month and you have a chance to meet her.
AN EVENING WITH PAMELA STEPHENSON-CONNOLLY
- She’s a New Zealander, married to Billy Connolly
- She writes a regular ‘Sexual Healing’ column for The Guardian.
- She’s been a psychotherapist for many years
- She’ll dispel the myths, guilt & mystery surrounding sex.
- She’s a lively presenter who will be frank & entertaining.
TUESDAY 14 JUNE
Wine & nibbles in the bookshop from 6pm.
Pamela speaking at 6.30pm
Entry $5 at the door
THE WOMEN’S BOOKSHOP
105 Ponsonby Road, ph 3764399
1 comment:
Pamela was BORN an ANZer, but definitely identifies as an Australian.
I find her spiel somewhat biased - hey! where are we asexuals in her melange?
Yep. I'm one of the 1.25%...
Post a Comment