Pleasure - An Almanac for the Heart

Friendship, Love, Loss, Heartbreak, Sex, Passion, Beauty, Ambition, Motherhood, Creativity, Risk

With confidence and joy, there's so much wonder and beauty in this world to seek.

In 2003 best-selling Australian author Nikki Gemmell took Australia by storm with her bold take on female sexuality, 'The Bride Stripped Bare'. Exposing female desire as no other book had, 'The Bride Stripped Bare' was raw, intoxicating and breathtakingly libidinous.

In 2006 Nikki Gemmell looks set to cause a new sensation with the publication of her non-fiction follow-up to 'The Bride Stripped Bare'. Inspired by the outpouring of honesty generated by that book, 'Pleasure' has got more secret women's business - it's modern-day almanac of womanhood that deals with everything from brazilians to inner beauty, what makes a perfect partner (a checklist to cut out and keep) to coping with broken hearts, advice on the friends who flatten you (frenemies) to the importance of empathy, workplace challenges to domestic bliss, birth to death - and everything that lies between.

'Pleasure' is a book Nikki Gemmell says she looked for as a present fro a cherished friend - and never found - so she decided to write it herself.

It's written in Gemmell's beautiful, sensuous prose and has a stunningly contemporary design with coloured pages throughout and gorgeous, feminine illustrations. Bold, heartfelt, passionate and completely original, this is an ideal gift for your best friend, aunt, sister, or fairy godmother. Or perhaps husband or boyfriend. (Gentlemen take note. Especially the chapter on "What Men Really Want". You may be surprised.)

Nikki Gemmell has written four novels: 'Shiver', 'Cleave', 'Lovesong' and 'The Bride Stripped Bare'. Her work has been internationally critically acclaimed and translated into many languages. In France she's been described as a female Jack Kerouac, in Australia as one of the most original and engaging authors of her generation and in the US as one of the few truly original voices to emerge in a long time. Born in Wollongong, she now lives in London and is completing her fifth novel.

Harper Collins
Author: Nikki Gemmell
ISBN: 9780732284404
RRP: $27.95


Review: Pleasure is inspiring, life is too short to second guess yourself and others. Get out there and live it and experience the 'Pleasure' of life!