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Melissa Febos

The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex

"I hoped that in the short term, giving up sex would free me from the preoccupations of love and romance. Even as a single woman with no children, I craved time. I wanted more time to write, to dance, to think, to sleep, to read, to meditate, to exercise."
Status: Currently reading Read year: 2025
The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
Febos, Melissa. The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex. Knopf, 1st ed., 2025.

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