{"product_id":"parachutes-kisses-9781585425006","title":"Parachutes \u0026 Kisses","description":"Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a single parent with an adorable daughter, an irritating ex-husband, and a startling assortment of suitors: an unorthodox rabbi, a poetic disc jockey, the son of a famous sex therapist, and WASPily handsomest of all: Berkeley Sproul III. Isadora and Berkeley meet at a health club, and he's fourteen years her junior. Of course their affair is tortuous and sexy, but is it love? Or does the stud just want a free trip to Venice, compliments of a famous author? Either way, Erica Jong wrote this romance with \"a mixture of eloquence and savage wit as good as anything she has ever written,\" said \u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e, and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing--the heroine of \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including \u003cb\u003eFanny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHow to Save Your\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOwn Life\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eParachutes and Kisses\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAny Woman's Blues\u003c\/b\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003cb\u003eSappho's Leap\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of the memoir \u003cb\u003eFear of Fifty\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492940157202,"sku":"9781585425006","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b5efbe7-bab1-4e35-9f60-633a9e548e8e.jpg?v=1730616251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/parachutes-kisses-9781585425006","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}