We may not admit it, but were all curious about what goes on in other peoples bedrooms. After all, we live in a world saturated with sex, which makes it tough not to wonder how we measure upand even tougher to talk about our intimate experiences honestly. In this frank, poignant collection, twenty-six acclaimed writers go Behind the Bedroom Door and lay bare the messy, mind-blowing, often hilarious encounters that make up a womans history.By sharing their stories, authors like Susan Cheever, Hope Edelman, and Julie Powell bravely open a window on the passions, predilections and problems that we encounter between the sheets. In doing so, they reassure us that whatever we feel, whatever we do or dont do in the bedroom, were not alone.Telling the truth about sexhow we like it, how often we get it, how it affects usisnt easy. This eye-opening anthology tells the truth about womens intimate lives, shattering some deeply entrenched myths about what goes on in the bedrooms of real women along the way: Susan Cheever upends conventional notions about women, sex, and sentiment in her essay In Praise of One-Night Stands. Sex is the last thing on Lauren Slaters mind when the bestselling author and psychologist reveals a few surprising truths, even joys, about her virtually sexless marriage in Overcome. Julie Powell serves up a searing chronicle of an illicit affair in Lost in Space; and novelist Valerie Frankel takes a decidedly lighter view in Ouch, Youre Lying on My Hair. Whether youre twenty or seventy, single or perpetually coupled up, these frank, seriously sexy essays provide a deeply illuminating, ultimately comforting no-holds-barred look at our most private selves. Gutsy and provocative, they reveal a great deal about how far weve comeand how far we still have to go.From the Hardcover edition.