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Acts of service : a novel / Lillian Fishman.
"Eve--a young, queer woman living in Brooklyn--has never sent a naked picture of herself to anyone, though she keeps hundreds of nudes on her phone. On a night she feels both beautiful and particularly interested in attention, she posts three of them online, with no accompanying text. Curiously, a woman messages her the next day. This is how Eve meets Olivia, and--through Olivia--her partner, Nathan. It's not long before she finds herself entangled in a complicated three-way affair with the couple. At once exhilarating and disturbing, theirs is an intense sexual relationship that tests all of their boundaries, and one which starts to stray into--and threaten--their personal and professional lives. Over the course of a year, the terms of their arrangement become clear: Nathan is the mastermind, Eve and Olivia compete for his affections, and all parties share equally in the pleasure"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593243763 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 218 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | Lesbians > Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Erotic fiction. Lesbian fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Fishm | 31681010274389 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Feeling impulsive, a young, queer New Yorker posts nude photos online and enters into an arrangement with a couple, discovering that it both delights and disturbs her, bringing up questions about sexual freedom and the nature of pursuing onesâ desires. - Baker & Taylor
"Eve--a young, queer woman living in Brooklyn--has never sent a naked picture of herself to anyone, though she keeps hundreds of nudes on her phone. On a night she feels both beautiful and particularly interested in attention, she posts three of them online, with no accompanying text. Curiously, a woman messages her the next day. This is how Eve meets Olivia, and--through Olivia--her partner, Nathan. It's not long before she finds herself entangled in a complicated three-way affair with the couple. At once exhilarating and disturbing, theirs is an intense sexual relationship that tests all of their boundaries, and one which starts to stray into--and threaten--their personal and professional lives. Over the course of a year, the terms of their arrangementbecome clear: Nathan is the mastermind, Eve and Olivia compete for his affections, and all parties share equally in the pleasure"-- - Random House, Inc.
A âbold and unflinchingly sexyâ (Vogue) debut novel about a young woman who follows her desires into a world of pleasure, decadence, and privilege, unraveling everything she thought she knew about sex . . . and herself.
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âOne of the most entertaining books about sex Iâve ever read . . . The perfect read for fans of Raven Leilani and Ottessa Moshfegh, this is a book that will have people talking.ââBuzzFeed
âA sex masterpiece.ââThe Guardian
A Kaia Gerber Book Club Pick â¢Â Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New Yorker and The Hollywood Reporter
âAnytime I want, I can forsake this dinner party and jump into real life.ââEve Babitz
Eve has an adoring girlfriend, an impulsive streak, and a secret fear that sheâs wasting her brief youth with just one person. So one evening she posts some nudes online. This is how Eve meets Olivia, and through Olivia the charismatic Nathan. Despite her better instincts, the three soon begin a relationshipâone that disturbs Eve as much as it enthralls her.Â
As each act of their complicated, three-way affair unfolds across a cold and glittering New York, Eve is forced to confront the questions that most consume her: What do we bring to sex? What does it reveal of ourselves, and one another? And how do we reconcile what we want with what we think we should want?Â
In the way only great fiction can, Acts of Service takes between its teeth the contradictions written all over our ideas of sex and sexuality. At once juicy and intellectually challenging, sacred and profane, Lillian Fishmanâs riveting debut is bold, unabashed, and required reading of the most pleasurable sort.
