Parachutes & Kisses

“Readers expecting gutsy writing from the author of Fear of Flying will not be disappointed [by this] zesty, freewheeling memoir of the writing life,” said Kirkus in a starred review. And the New York Post called Seducing the Demon “brutally funny, searingly sensual, and fiercely honest.”

Erica Jong—like Isadora Wing, her fictional doppelgänger—was rich and famous, brainy and beautiful, and soaring high with erotica and marijuana in 1977, the year this book was first published. Erica/Isadora are the perfect literary and libidinous guides for those readers who want to learn about—or just be reminded of—the sheer hedonistic innocence of the time. How to Save Your Own Life was praised by People magazine for being “shameless, sex saturated, and a joy,” and by Anthony Burgess for being one of the ninety-nine best novels published in English since 1939.