{"product_id":"loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-1","title":"Loves of My Life : A Sex Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'All the no-holds-barred candour you'd expect . . . A hoot, and surprisingly touching' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Trousers down from page one ... NSFW' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The gayest book ever written' \u003cb\u003eHENRY HOKE, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen Throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Daddy's diary fully delivers' \u003cb\u003eJEREMY ATHERTON LIN, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Bar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old 'paterfamilias of queer literature' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Documenting everything from covert fumblings in the repressed American Midwest of the 1950's to the Arcadian gay debauchery of New York in the 1970's; through the terror of HIV and the age of sex on the apps, White has seen - and experienced - it all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e can but further cement White's unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--------------------------------------------\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A pointillistic canvas of gay desire and male sexuality' \u003cb\u003eRALF WEBB,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Juicy, ebullient and ecstatic' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Wry, hilarious, moving and brilliantly unreserved' \u003cb\u003eSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eÁ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eN HEWITT, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen, Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Loves of My Life : A Sex Memoir","offer_id":46019357049029,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5266-9041-8.jpg?v=1775075316","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}