Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair - Softcover

McNeill, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060746394 ISBN 13: 9780060746391

Publisher: Perennial, 2005

Synopsis

The powerfully erotic memoir that inspired the legendary film with a forward by bestselling novelist Francine Prose.

Nine and a Half Weeks is a true story so unusual, so passionate, and so extreme in its psychology and sexuality that it will take your breath away.

Elizabeth McNeill was an executive for a large corporation when she began an affair with a man she met casually. Their sexual excitement depended on a pattern of domination and humiliation, and as their relationship progressed they played out ever more dangerous and elaborate variations on that pattern of sadomasochism. By the end, Elizabeth had relinquished all control over her body -- and her mind.

With a cool detachment that makes the experiences and sensations she describes all the more frightening in their intensity, Elizabeth McNeill deftly unfolds her story and invites you into the mesmerizing and dangerous world of Nine and a Half Weeks -- a world you won't soon forget.

About this title

Product Description:

Nine and a Half Weeks Two ordinary, civilized people begin a casual affair that soon turns into a sadomasochistic experience of frightening intensity. It is a powerfully erotic memoir of a dangerous affair that spawned a legendary film.

From the Back Cover:

The powerfully erotic memoir that inspired the legendary film--with a new afterword by the author's daughter

Niine and a Half Weeks is a true story so unusual, so passionate, and so extreme in its psychology and sexuality that it will take your breath away.

Elizabeth McNeill was an executive for a large corporation when she began an affair with a man she met in a chance encounter. Their sexual excitement depended on domination and humiliation, and as their relationship progressed they played out increasingly dangerous and elaborate variations on that pattern. By the end, Elizabeth had relinquished all control over her body--and her mind.

With a cool detachment that makes the experiences and sensations she describes all the more frightening in their intensity, Elizabeth McNeill deftly unfolds her story and invites you into the mesmerizing and shocking world of Nine and a Half Weeks--a world you won't soon forget.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060746394
• ISBN 13: 9780060746391
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 117