First published 2024
Women across the globe share their most private sexual thoughts and experiences through anonymous letters collected by Gillian Anderson. The contributors write without fear of judgment, revealing desires they keep hidden when the lights go out and no one knows their names. Their confessions explore the complex web connecting sexuality to womanhood, motherhood, betrayal, and power. Some letters expose exploitation and pain. Others celebrate pleasure and freedom. Many wrestle with questions of consent, fairness, and respect in intimate relationships. Anderson includes her own anonymous letter among the hundreds she has gathered. These women break their silence about topics that society often forces them to keep locked away. Their words reveal how female sexuality intersects with love, hate, fear, and fantasy when complete anonymity provides the freedom to speak truth.
Genres: gender-studies, feminism, adult-fiction, sexuality, 21st-century, erotica
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Period: 21st-Century
372 pages · Hardcover · Harry N. Abrams
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, sexual-assault