{"product_id":"the-loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-9781639739318","title":"The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVULTURE \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A raw, frightening, funny, and beautiful testimony.\" -Robert Jones, Jr. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"White's love of sex makes us proud to be human.\" -John Irving \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm at an age when writers are supposed to say finally what mattered most to them-for me it would be thousands of sex partners\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his final memoir, the 85-year-old \"paterfamilias of queer literature\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) recounted the seventy-plus years of sexual escapades that inspired his many masterpieces. Through tales of transactional sex, mutual admiration, open relationships, domination, submission, love, and loss, he painted an indelible portrait of queer history in America and abroad in a way only someone who has lived through it can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with White's signature honesty, irreverence, and wit, \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.36w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639739318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1940-2025)\u003c\/b\u003e authored more than thirty works of fiction, memoir, and nonfiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInside a Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Flâneur\u003c\/i\u003e, a tour through Paris. He received the PEN\/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Edmund White \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363843846301,"sku":"9781639739318","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ef6ac31a-1f89-4a26-af7f-28860a8b6960.jpg?v=1780429244","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-9781639739318","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}