{"product_id":"2026200015196-secondhand-the-first-time","title":"The First Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\n\nCompiled 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203183878363,"sku":"2026200015196-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9956e512-9571-4657-9161-fb2fe4e29b46.png?v=1788145088","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015196-secondhand-the-first-time","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}