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Opening up

Opening up

Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Self-Help & Psychology
Pages
256
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

Drawing on interviews with more than a hundred people practicing every style of consensual non-monogamy, from partnered open relationships to solo polyamory, Tristan Taormino offers a practical, down-to-earth guide to building and sustaining them. She covers negotiating boundaries, working through jealousy, finding community, and juggling time and parenting — for anyone curious about or already navigating a relationship outside the monogamous default.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

InformativeThought-ProvokingIntellectual

Genres

Self-Help & Psychology

Authors

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Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino is a writer, speaker, sex educator, and host of the podcast Sex Out Loud. A former syndicated columnist for The Village Voice, she is the author of numerous books, including Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, Down and Dirty Sex Secrets, and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is the founding editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica anthologies, editor of The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge, and coeditor of T...