My Secret Garden - Nancy Friday

This book is supposed to revolutionise women's sex lives. Intended to free women from feeling guilt alongside having their fantasies, Nancy Friday has collated a large number of women's sexual fantasies and committed them to print. I'll try to keep this a palatable read, but inevitably the topic will have to be discussed in some detail, and I promise, promise, promise that I'll be as gentle with you as I can be. My first reaction when looking through the book was astonishment. My second was embarrassment, and finally a vague form of disgust. I fretted. Did this mean I was a prude? Did this mean that I was supressed or oppressed? ...

This is a book detailing many women's real sexual fantasies and is very interesting and informative. It was first published in 1975 and covers subjects such as, lesbianism, prostitution and domination to name but a few. My secret garden is a very liberating book which re-emphasises the point that it is only natural for women to have sexual fantasies and there's nothing shameful in it at all - men have them all the time, so why shouldn't we? Pass it on for your man to read, who knows, it may spice up your sex life too! That is, if you can put the book down in the first place - it's so good. ...

This is a book that should be on every bedside table, and should be read by every man who wants to knoww more about women, or any woman who isn't completely comfortable with her own sexual thoughts. Well ahead of her time, Nancy Friday collected the sexual fantasies of women in the 1970's and turned them into a very readable and inciteful book, For every woman brought up to believe sex, fantasies and masturbation are naughty, taboo or dirty, this book is a liberatng force, It throws away the myth that women don't enjoy or fantasise about sex every bit as much as men do, and in some very diverse ways. Although I have to admit, some were a ...