The First Time
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
What do Maya Angelou, Erica Jong, Jack Lemmon, and Dr. Benjamin Spock have in common? In The First Time, Karl Fleming and Anne Taylor Fleming gather twenty-four of the most recognizable names in American culture — among them Art Buchwald, Dyan Cannon, Bernard Cornfeld, Clifford Irving, Liberace, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Debbie Reynolds, and Mae West — to candidly recount the singular, formative moment of their first sexual experience. The result is a fascinating mosaic of confessions, recollections, and revelations that range from the tender and comedic to the startling and poignant, painting an intimate portrait of human vulnerability that transcends celebrity. Compiled with a journalist's instinct for the telling detail and a sociologist's eye for cultural pattern, the anthology presents a rare window into the private lives of public figures at a time when such candor was genuinely transgressive. Each account illuminates broader truths about adolescence, shame, desire, and self-discovery in mid-twentieth-century America, making this collection as much a social document as a literary curiosity. Whether the contributors reflect with nostalgia or wry self-deprecation, their stories collectively ask a question that resonates long after the final page: what does the moment we first cross into adulthood reveal about who we truly become?
Author: Karl Fleming And Anne Taylor Fleming
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
What do Maya Angelou, Erica Jong, Jack Lemmon, and Dr. Benjamin Spock have in common? In The First Time, Karl Fleming and Anne Taylor Fleming gather twenty-four of the most recognizable names in American culture — among them Art Buchwald, Dyan Cannon, Bernard Cornfeld, Clifford Irving, Liberace, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Debbie Reynolds, and Mae West — to candidly recount the singular, formative moment of their first sexual experience. The result is a fascinating mosaic of confessions, recollections, and revelations that range from the tender and comedic to the startling and poignant, painting an intimate portrait of human vulnerability that transcends celebrity. Compiled with a journalist's instinct for the telling detail and a sociologist's eye for cultural pattern, the anthology presents a rare window into the private lives of public figures at a time when such candor was genuinely transgressive. Each account illuminates broader truths about adolescence, shame, desire, and self-discovery in mid-twentieth-century America, making this collection as much a social document as a literary curiosity. Whether the contributors reflect with nostalgia or wry self-deprecation, their stories collectively ask a question that resonates long after the final page: what does the moment we first cross into adulthood reveal about who we truly become?