Fear of Flying
by Jong, Erica
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Grey cloth. Fine, small stain back inside cover in almost fine dj
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New York, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Erica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including Fear of Flying , which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review , and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing—the heroine of Fear of Flying —as a woman of a certain age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author. Erica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel Fear of Flying , published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including Fanny , How to Save Your Own Life , Parachutes and Kisses , Any Woman’s Blues , and the forthcoming Sappho’s Leap . She is also the author of the memoir Fear of Fifty . She lives in New York City and Connecticut.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 212356
- Title
- Fear of Flying
- Author
- Jong, Erica
- Format/Binding
- 340 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Grey cloth. Fine, small stain back inside cover in almost fine dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York, Chicago, San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- American | Women
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Social Thought;
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