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Fear of Flying
Nov 10, 2025 6:11 PM

Author:Erica Jong

Fear of Flying

The modern classic that changed the way we thought about sex

‘Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same’ - Anonymous (a woman)

Compulsive daydreamer Isadora Wing has come to a crossroads. Five years of marriage have made her itchy – itchy for men, and itchy for solitude.

Ditching her second husband during a work conference in Vienna she decides to cut and run, criss-crossing her way across Europe in search of the perfect no-strings-attached tryst – and she won’t let a little thing like a fear of flying get in her way.

Witty, fearless and exuberant, Fear of Flying remains as sensational today as when it was first published.

Reviews

This succès de scandale from 1973 remains funny, clever and perceptive.

—— John Bungey , The Times

Unbridled classic.

—— Daily Telegraph

An intelligent, expressive examination of a woman’s mind, and of her gradual understanding of what feminism means… Erica Jong was a pioneer…she was, and still is, honest, brazen, bold and funny… If you want an insight into what life was really like for clever, sexy women 40 or 50 years ago, and how far we’ve come, you could do a lot worse than pick up Fear of Flying.

—— ASOS

Witty, brazen and liberating

—— Independent

Uninhibited, erotic, delicious

—— John Updike

Furiously good

—— Guardian

Extraordinary… At once wildly funny and very wise

—— Los Angeles Times

A picaresque, funny, touching adventure

—— New York Review of Books

Great humour... energetic, bawdy

—— New York Times

Brilliantly articulate-the wit is dazzling

—— Monica Dickens

A fascinating journey into what might have been, this novel of alternate history will keep you turning the pages and leave you hoping for a sequel

—— Kate Emerson, author of , A Royal Inheritance

Fans of both Stephenie Meyer and Philippa Gregory will find much to love in this evocative and well-written debut

—— Francine Mathews, author of , Jack 1939

Immensely addictive and twisty—kudos to Laura Andersen for her crafty plotting and rich characterizations. Deliciously scandalous and seductive, The Boleyn King delivers history and romance with equal passion

—— Becca Fitzpatrick , New York Times bestselling author of Hush, Hush

From the intrigue of the Tudor court to the battlefields of France, you will be entranced by the power, emotion, and sweeping romance of this spellbinding novel. I loved it and can’t wait for the next book in the series!

—— Syrie James, bestselling author of , The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

... a riveting page-turner ... For historical fiction fans and Tudor aficionados, The Boleyn King is a must-read

—— Sherry Jones, author of , Four Sisters, All Queens
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