Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses
 

Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses

by Isabel Allende

There is something about reading suggestive material that awakens the senses--too often ignored in the fray of modern life--and fires the imagination. Perhaps it brings us back to those breathless, palpitating moments from childhood when puberty was a rosy smudge on the horizon and sex was an abstract term. Aphrodite is a long, savory, enthralling ode to sensuality.
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rowmama
  • Rated 5 stars

This book is luscious, delicious, sensual and fun. Every page is a sigh, a moan, a delicious moment.

And it has one of my favorite quotes:
"Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken."

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sweetafton
  • Rated 1 stars

I loved Allende until this book, which was unnecessary. She has yet to redeem herself for me.

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  • Rated 3.670455 stars
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  • Rated 4.083333 stars
 

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