Fear Of Flying

Women's Psychological Fiction

Author: Erica Jong

Compulsive daydreamer Isadora Wing doesn’t want much – just to be free and to find the perfect, guiltless, zipless sexual encounter. Pursuing this ideal across two continents, she discovers just how hard it can be to make one’s dreams come true. Though Isadora fears flying (in all possible senses), she forces herself to keep travelling, risking her marriage and even her li….Read More

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