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Taboo. Forbidden. Hot! 72 Very Naughty Books For Adults!

Author : Susie Spanks
Publisher : richard crossland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taboo. Forbidden. Hot! 72 Very Naughty Books For Adults! written by Susie Spanks and published by richard crossland. This book was released on with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 72 amazing and very very close to the bone books that will get you hot! Over 372,000 words! Contains: My Girlfriend’s Stepbrother Made Me Squirt! Home Alone With My Stepbrother Daddy Gave Me To His Best Friend! But It’s Breaking All The Rules! Broken By An Older Man! Punish Me! Pound Me For The First Time! Jenny’s First Time Play With Me! Can You Keep A Secret? Breeding the Fertile Babysitter Drinking From His Brat! Alone At Last Mr Dawson! Breaking The Bad Babysitter Punish Your Dirty Brat Babysitter! Pop My Cherry Older Man I’ll Be A Good Girl! Big And Black for a Rich White Bitch Riding His Black Cock While My Husband Watches! Fucked In The Ass By A Big Black Stranger Watch Me With A Dark Lover Dominated Made To Feel His Black Meat Watch Me Get Pounded 2 A Black Stud For His Wife Watch Me Get Pounded The Big Dark Stranger Watch Me Take His Black Meat, Honey! You’re Too Small To Make Me Squirt Stretched in front of her husband Bossed He’s So Much Bigger Than You! From Wife to Slutwife Made to Watch His Wife From Wife to Slutwife 2 How I cuckolded My Husband The Hotwife’s Addiction Good Girls Get Treats! Jerking Over Me! Tangled Babysit On My Face Ride Me Home! Father Figure Bent Over For My Brother’s Best Friend He Took My Cherry, While His Wife Slept Seduced In Seconds By An Older Man Barebacked By My Brother’s Best Buddy! My Brother’s Best Friend Gave Me A Baby! Daddy’s Best Friend Is So Big Bareback Our Fertile Nanny I Won’t Tell! Bareback Your Brat Daddy’s Best Friend Inside Me! Pounded By Daddy’s Best Buddy A Gift for the Sitter Obsessed By The Inexperienced Babysitter Stretching the Sitter Babysitting For The Billionaire Pounding Pollyanna Impregnated While Babysitting Feeding Him My Cream His Brat's Creamy Jugs Nursing An Older Man Nursing The Man Of The House Cheating With The Man Of The House Spreading The Sitter Fisting The Teen Babysitter Bareback My Virgin Hole! Break Me With It! Belinda The Bad Babysitter Clara’s Forbidden Double Our Secret Teach Me About Sex Mr Jones Home Alone With Mark Italian Lessons Kiss It Better Is He Taboo? Step-M0m Sleepover Blacked! It’s Wrong, But I Need To Feed Him! His Final Humiliation! Mommy Gave Me To Her BFF!

In His Bed

Author : Sally Spanks
Publisher : Sally Spanks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book In His Bed written by Sally Spanks and published by Sally Spanks. This book was released on with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS STEAMY HOT RELEASE COMES WITH A FREE STORY! They shouldn't be doing this... They want each other, but their relationship is too taboo! He's older, he's supposed to be wiser - but he can't take his eyes off her. This young sexy girl - this siren!

American Taboo

Author : Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book American Taboo written by Lauren Rosewarne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our societyand our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary mediaor, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.

Sinner

Author : Sierra Simone
Publisher : Sierra Simone
ISBN 13 : 1732172250
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Sinner written by Sierra Simone and published by Sierra Simone. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance of 2018! I'm not a good man, and I've never pretended to be. I don't believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn't paid for in advance. In fact, I've got my own personal holy trinity: in the name of money, sex, and Macallan 18, amen. So when the gorgeous, brilliant Zenny Iverson asks me to teach her about sex, I want to say yes, I really do. Unfortunately, there are several reasons to say no--reasons that even a very bad man like myself can't ignore. 1. She's my best friend's little sister. 2. She's too young for me. Like way too young. 3. She's a nun. Or about to be anyway. But I want her. I want her even with my best friend and God in the way, I want to teach her and touch her and love her, and I know that makes me something much worse than a very bad man. It makes me a sinner. And it's those very sins that are about to save me... ***Sinner is a standalone companion to Priest about Father Bell's brother Sean. You do not have to read Priest or Midnight Mass to read Sinner***

Your Dad Will Do

Author : Katee Robert
Publisher : Trinkets and Tales LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Dad Will Do written by Katee Robert and published by Trinkets and Tales LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve been harboring a dark secret for two long years. I’ve been fantasizing about my fiancé’s father, thinking filthy thoughts that a good daughter-in-law should not be indulging in. So when I catch my fiancé cheating on me, there’s only one revenge that will fulfill all my needs. I’m going to seduce his father. It’s dirty and it’s wrong, and I don’t care. I want him, so I mean to have him. After this weekend, my ex won’t be the only one who calls his father Daddy. In Your Dad Will Do, you'll find: - Revenge sex - (former) Father-In-Law - Daddy Stuff - Age Gap Romance

Drowning Instinct

Author : Ilsa J. Bick
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1467731935
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Drowning Instinct written by Ilsa J. Bick and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first sixteen years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother—until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire. There are stories where the monster gets the girl, and everyone cries for his innocent victim. (This is not one of those stories either.) Mitch Anderson is many things: A dedicated teacher and coach. A caring husband. A man with a certain...magnetism. And there are stories where it's hard to be sure who's a prince and who's a monster, who is a victim and who should live happily ever after. (These are the most interesting stories of all.) Drowning Instinct is a novel of pain, deception, desperation, and love against the odds—and the rules.

Yank (Coming of Age New Adult College Romance)

Author : Selena Kitt
Publisher : Excessica Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1609827570
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Yank (Coming of Age New Adult College Romance) written by Selena Kitt and published by Excessica Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING and AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT ------- David is doing his damnedest to resist temptation—but Dawn isn’t making it easy. Just graduated, David’s busy looking for a job while Dawn, their way-too-bloody-sexy American foreign exchange student, is working on her tan. He can’t help watching her, even though he knows the Study-Abroad program insists no “relations” are allowed between students and the host family. Dawn’s clearly off-limits, which is why he has to stay strong and resist her incessant coaxing. I mean, he knows they’re not really family… even if he’s known Dawn since they were kids and his mum keeps on about them being “like brother and sister.” But when Dawn discovers David’s secret hidden in his parents’ shed, things really begin to heat up. Using her new leverage, provocative Dawn makes it very clear what she wants—and David finds himself giving in to her appetite… and his own. He’s just a guy, after all, and Dawn’s teasing ways can’t help but slowly break down the barrier between them until they both give in to their desires… But what are they going to do about the feelings that have developed between them in the meantime? NOTE: Previously titled Foreign Exchange, this is a slightly less naughty, but no less sexy re-telling--updated and redressed for your reading pleasure. EXCERPT: "David?" I woke up with a grunt, hearing my name being hissed from beside the bed. It was dark, but I could make out her outline in the moonlight coming through the window. She was on her hands and knees, crawling toward me. "Dawn?" I felt her find the bed with a thud. "Ow." She whimpered. "Christ!" I reached for her, groping in the dark. My hand found her arm, helping her up into the bed. "What are you doing?" "Ta," she said, thanking me. I could smell the alcohol on her now. "It's a long way when you're legless." "Shhhh!" I looked toward my door. I was listening for my Mum or Dad but didn't hear them. "C'mon, let's get you to bed." "That's where I am." She crawled up against me in the dark and pressed me down, snuggling up against my bare chest. "Hey, you sleep naked! When did you start that?" "Since I was fourteen," I whispered. "Keep your voice down, Dawn." "I am." She kissed my shoulder. "You feel good." "Okay." I tried to untangle her limbs from mine. "You are pretty well lashed, and I think this is a bad idea. C'mon, let's go." "Noooo!" She slid her bare foot up the inside of my calf. She'd lost her heels somewhere, I noticed, but I could feel the skirt and blouse pressed against me, her body full and warm underneath, flushed from the alcohol. "Don't make me go." "I think you'd better." I tried to sit, but she was clinging to me too tightly. "I'll scream," she whispered into my ear, her breath hot against my neck. "You will not." I edged my way out from under her. I heard her intake of breath and knew she really meant to do it. What was wrong with her? Panicked, I rolled onto her, finding her mouth with my hand in the dark and pressing it there, hard. "Button it!" I hissed, feeling her wiggling and squirming underneath me. Her skirt was riding high up and I felt her bare thighs against mine, her skin like velvet. "Unbutton it," she murmured when I moved my hand away from her mouth, her fingers working her blouse from top to bottom between us. Keywords: Coming of Age, New Adult, College Romance, Sexy Novel, Forbidden Taboo Romance, Steamy, Kinky Smut

Gifting Me To His Best Friend

Author : Katee Robert
Publisher : Trinkets and Tales LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gifting Me To His Best Friend written by Katee Robert and published by Trinkets and Tales LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, my husband is going with an unconventional gift for his best friend. Me. It’s only supposed to be for one night… But one night becomes two, becomes our entire vacation. There are no rules except the ones we make, and sharing me brings both Derek and Grayson closer than any of us could have imagined. This year, what happens in our bedroom will put all three of us on Santa’s Naughty List. *Sword-cross guarantee* In Gifting Me to His Best Friend, you’ll find: - Snowed in - MMF Romance - Christmas story - Friends to Lovers - Sword-cross guarantee

Push

Author : Nyla K
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578563640
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Push written by Nyla K and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the unassuming observer, Ben Lockwood is your typical, suburban dad. Aside from the fact that he's only thirty-six and his daughter is a sophomore in college. He and his wife, Jessica, had their only daughter, Hailey, when they were in high school. So you can imagine the unease Ben is feeling when said daughter brings her new boyfriend home for Thanksgiving¿ To stay, in their house, for the whole weekend. Ryan Harper, otherwise known as The Boyfriend, is every dread Ben's ever had in his daughter dating come to fruition. There's nothing wrong with Ryan. He's polite, smart, and charming¿ He doesn't have any neck tattoos or facial piercings, and he drives a BMW. But still, he's dating Ben's daughter. That makes him a threat. It's in Ben's best interest to keep an eye on the kid. You know, to make sure there's no funny business going on under his roof. Unfortunately for him, the tension in the house is less about Ryan being his daughter's boyfriend, and more about him being a strangely intriguing human. And soon enough, Ben can't tell if he's watching Ryan to protect his daughter's innocence, or obliterate his own. It seems like the boring married-guy image isn't going to hold up for long¿ Not after this bizarre, life-changing weekend. What are these new, strange feelings and desires? Where did they come from? And why do they have to center around what belongs to his daughter?Ben and Ryan's situation couldn't get much more complicated¿ Until Jessica steps into the mix. An unexpected push is all it took for their lives to change forever.

Defy (Defy Trilogy, Book 1)

Author : Sara B. Larson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545597633
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Defy (Defy Trilogy, Book 1) written by Sara B. Larson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and heart-racing romance. Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince's guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can't prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian, taking them through the treacherous wilds of the jungle and deep into enemy territory.The longer Alex is held captive with both Rylan and the prince, the more she realizes that she is not the only one who has been keeping dangerous secrets. And suddenly, after her own secret is revealed, Alex finds herself confronted with two men vying for her heart: the safe and steady Rylan, who has always cared for her, and the dark, intriguing Damian. With hidden foes lurking around every corner, is Alex strong enough to save herself and the kingdom she's sworn to protect?

Debt Inheritance

Author : Pepper Winters
Publisher : Pepper Winters
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debt Inheritance written by Pepper Winters and published by Pepper Winters. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advance reviews: An incredible, unique journey down a rabbit hole of intrigue & history. Pepper's writing was captivating and thrilling, combined with her trademark for dark lyrical deliciousness, creating a perfectly braided work that screams...dark, sinful, forbidden, but also daring, alluring, and lustful. *** Please note, this is a Dark Romance. If you don't like darker topics, please don't read. It's ultimately a love story, but to find pleasure you must feel pain. You have been warned.*** "I own you. I have the piece of paper to prove it. It's undeniable and unbreakable. You belong to me until you've paid off your debts." Nila Weaver's family is indebted. Being the first born daughter, her life is forfeit to the first born son of the Hawks to pay for sins of ancestors past. The dark ages might have come and gone, but debts never leave. She has no choice in the matter. She is no longer free. Jethro Hawk receives Nila as an inheritance present on his twenty-ninth birthday. Her life is his until she's paid off a debt that's centuries old. He can do what he likes with her--nothing is out of bounds--she has to obey. There are no rules. Only payments. *Debt Inheritance is a full length book at 252 pages and ends on a cliffhanger. There are Six Books in the Series.

A Perfect Ten

Author : Linda Kage
Publisher : Linda Kage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Perfect Ten written by Linda Kage and published by Linda Kage. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let your hair down, Caroline, they said. It'll be fun, they said. I know I've closed myself off in a major way in the past year, ever since “the incident” where I messed up my life completely. It's past time I try to live again or just give up completely. But this is quite possibly the craziest thing I've ever done. In a last ditch effort to invigorate myself, I'm standing outside Oren Tenning's bedroom, I just peeled off the sexiest pair of underwear I own, and my hand is already raised to knock. My brother would disown me for doing anything with his best friend, and he'd probably kill Oren. But if I play my cards right, no one will ever know about this. Not even Ten. Maybe after tonight, I’ll finally get over this stupid, irrational crush I hate having on the biggest jerk I’ve ever met. Or maybe I’ll just end up falling for him even harder. Maybe I’ll discover there’s so much more to my crude, carefree hunk than meets the eye.

Forbidden Fruit

Author : Eden Bradley
Publisher : Virgin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780753541357
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Fruit written by Eden Bradley and published by Virgin Books. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever been tempted...? While Mia Curry's university students cram into her class on sexuality, Mia has always kept her own private fantasies carefully under wraps - until now... Jagger James is everything Mia wants and everything that is taboo- he's young, gorgeous - and a student. But how can Mia resist? From the bestselling author ofThe Dark Gardencomes an irresistibly romantic tale of forbidden attraction.

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die

Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0593193539
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Asking for It

Author : Lilah Pace
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425279510
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Asking for It written by Lilah Pace and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is who I am. This is what I want. Now I need a man dangerous enough to give it to me.” Graduate student Vivienne Charles is afraid of her own desires—ashamed to admit that she fantasizes about being taken by force, by a man who will claim her completely and without mercy. When the magnetic, mysterious Jonah Marks learns her secret, he makes an offer that stuns her: they will remain near-strangers to each other, and meet in secret so that he can fulfill her fantasy. Their arrangement is twisted. The sex is incredible. And—despite their attempts to stay apart—soon their emotions are bound together as tightly as the rope around Vivienne’s wrists. But the secrets in their pasts threaten to turn their affair even darker... Reader Advisory: Asking for It deals explicitly with fantasies of non-consensual sex. Readers sensitive to portrayals of non-consensual sex should be advised.

Sophie's World

Author : Jostein Gaarder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466804270
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Sophie's World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Loneliness as a Way of Life

Author : Thomas Dumm
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067403113X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Loneliness as a Way of Life written by Thomas Dumm and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What does it mean to be lonely?” Thomas Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. Through reflections on philosophy, political theory, literature, and tragic drama, he proceeds to illuminate a hidden dimension of the human condition. His book shows how loneliness shapes the contemporary division between public and private, our inability to live with each other honestly and in comity, the estranged forms that our intimate relationships assume, and the weakness of our common bonds. A reading of the relationship between Cordelia and her father in Shakespeare’s King Lear points to the most basic dynamic of modern loneliness—how it is a response to the problem of the “missing mother.” Dumm goes on to explore the most important dimensions of lonely experience—Being, Having, Loving, and Grieving. As the book unfolds, he juxtaposes new interpretations of iconic cultural texts—Moby-Dick, Death of a Salesman, the film Paris, Texas, Emerson’s “Experience,” to name a few—with his own experiences of loneliness, as a son, as a father, and as a grieving husband and widower. Written with deceptive simplicity, Loneliness as a Way of Life is something rare—an intellectual study that is passionately personal. It challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. To fail to do so, this book reveals, will only intensify the power that it holds over us.