Bestselling author of eat me australian writers centre. In this eyepopping first novela runaway bestseller in australia linda jaivin invites readers to partake of a lusty banquet of conversations about that hottest topic of allsex. Jaivin never loses sight of her selfdeclared goal, which is to wrench the writing of erotica from its male practitioners, dress it up with style and sly humor, and restore it to women. Linda jaivin s sizzling debut plays havoc with our ideas of truth, sex and power. Chuck berry once said that if you want to have a hit, write a song with the name of a town in it, then all the people in the town will buy the record.
Please dont eat me is a great book that shows the appreciation of life. She studied, lived and worked for nine years in taiwan, hong kong and china, before moving to australia in 1986. Eat me was her first novel and was a bestseller in australia and overseas though she was born in the us, linda lived in china, taiwan and hong kong for nine years and has been an australian citizen for over 20 years. She knows a lot of artists, most of whom are still talking to her. It will be a lot of fun, but i havent for years read the first chapter aloud, she says of the book. Eat me was published in 1995, well and truly the past now, as its difficult to remember a world in which talking loudly on your mobile phone about email made you sound like a wanker. In this eyepopping first novela runaway bestseller in australialinda jaivin invites readers to partake of a lusty banquet of conversations about that hottest topic of allsex. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to. Eat me by linda jaivin meet your next favorite book. This outrageous, irresistible, and utterly original debut is the juiciest book you will read this. After eat me, lust, laughter and chocolate ice cream will never be the same again eat me tells the story of four women living in sydney in the midnineties. About the authors linda jaivin s novels include eat me, rock n roll babes from outer space, miles walker, youre dead and dead sexy.
Chantal, a fashion magazine editor, whose sexual exploits give new meaning to mixing and matching. Linda jaivin was born in the united states, and graduated with honours in asian history from brown university. Its 9 12 weeks in a supermarket, an uninhibited look into the joys of calorieladen, chocolatecoated ecstasy direct from the land down under. Glamour us this tossed salad of erotic scenarios charms as few examples of its genre ever have. These four friends haunt the cafes of innercity sydney, eyeing the passing talent.
Four thirtysomething sydney women form a close circle of friends. Krissy kneen is the author of affection and triptych. This is womens erotica, mostly foodbased and set in sydney. Eat me by linda jaivin overdrive rakuten overdrive.
If you liked eat me by linda jaivin, here are some books like this. Her interest in china led her to undertake chinese studies at brown university in rhode island. Bestselling author of eat me linda jaivin is the author of eight books, including the bestseller eat me a romp through the lives of four sydney women and their erotic exploits. Linda jaivin is the author of eight books, including the bestseller eat me a romp through the lives of four sydney women and their erotic. Helen is a feminist academic, philippa is writing a novel, chantal edits a fashion magazine. Linda jaivin is the author of eleven books, including the new novel the empress lover. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. These four friends haunt the cafes of innercity sydney, eyeing the passing talent and swapping outlandish tales.
Eat me text classics by linda jaivin 9781922079817. Linda jaivin born 27 march 1955 is an americanborn australian translator, essayist, novelist. Linda jaivins sizzling debut plays havoc with our ideas of truth, sex and power. Chuck berry once said that if you want to have a hit, write a song with the name of a town in it, then all the people. Julia is a photographer, chantal edits a fashion magazine, helen is a feminist academic and philippa is a writer.
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L inda jaivin is the author of 11 longform works, including seven novels, five of which are set in sydney and two in china, as well as the china memoir the monkey and the dragon 2001. Glamour jaivins light touch prompts even the steamiest sex scenes to soar into satire. Eat me by linda jaivin, 9780767901598, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. If you are interested in the beauty of life of animals, this book is for you. Download now please dont eat me is a great book that shows the appreciation of life. Her first novel, eat me 1995, was on the australian bestseller lists for seven months and was translated into more than a dozen languages. But jaivin s recipes, revealing the erotic versatility of every piece of fruit and veg on the supermarket shelf, are more suitable for the bedroom than the dining room table. She moved to taiwan in 1977 to deepen her knowledge of chinese culture and language. Praise for linda jaivin eat me this tossed salad of erotic scenarios charms as few examples of its genre ever have. Other major publications include the quarterly essay. Eat me by linda jaivin 1998, paperback for sale online. Linda jaivin was born in new london, connecticut to a jewish family of russian heritage.
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With a new introduction by krissy kneen, author of affection and triptych. Book recommendations for people who like eat me by linda jaivin. Eat me is the sexiest thing to come out of australia since mel gibson this book does for sex what absolutely fabulous did for fashion. With her brilliant wit and silky prose, linda jaivin creates a wickedly funny romp through the undergrowth of female desire. Combine a saucy, waiting to exhale sort of girlgossip tone with voxs lusty sexuality and you get this witty, sophisticated if unfortunately titled tale of four australian women friends amatory peccadillos. After eat me, lust, laughter and chocolate ice cream will never be the same again.
Glamour jaivin s light touch prompts even the steamiest sex scenes to soar into satire. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. About the authors linda jaivins novels include eat me, rock n roll babes from outer space, miles walker, youre dead and dead sexy. In this eyepopping first novela bestseller in both the united states and australialinda jaivin invites readers to overhear what women really talk about when. Buy eat me text classics by linda jaivin 9781922079817 2012 from. Julia, a photographer with a penchant for peking duck and acrobatic men. Jaivin has been a guest on the abc radio program the book show and a panelist on.
Helen a feminist university lecturer and philippa a writer of a novelinprogress called eat me. These four friends haunt the cafes of innercity sydney, eyeing the passing. Jaivin never loses sight of her selfdeclared goal, which is to wrench the writing of erotica from its male practitioners, dress it up with style and sly humor, and. Her journalism has appeared in a wide range of publications, including australian rolling stone and australian new woman. The talk is served up in various trendy cafds by a foursome of bright, successful women. As far as commercial erotica goes, journalist and scholar linda jaivins debut novel eat me is a unique excursion into the world of sensual tastes. Jaivin branched out into erotica with eat me, an international bestseller published. Moving to hong kong in 1979, her first job there was editing textbooks for oxford university. This acclaimed book by linda jaivin is available at in several formats for your ereader. See all books authored by linda jaivin, including rock n roll babes from outer space, and eat me, and more on thriftbooks. Linda jaivin books list of books by author linda jaivin. Its 9 12 weeks in a supermarket, an uninhibited look into the joys of calorieladen, chocolatecoated.
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