A Roundheeled Woman | Jane Juska

Subject: No trollop, she!

RALPH:

I've just finished reading A Roundheeled Woman by Jane Juska. I enjoyed every word. She gets an A+ for Courage, an A+ for Honesty and an A+ for readability.

"Ah," I thought, "I've missed out again!" First I missed out on the Pill. It came too late for me. The various forms of contraceptives were so sexually off-putting in my young days .

My contemporaries never spoke of orgasms. In fact I don't recall ever speaking about sex at all. And now I've missed out on 'late-life' sex. All that my contemporaries now talk about and try to do something about is arthritis, cataracts, osteoporitis, and other common unmentionables, lest mentioning them will bring them upon the mentioner.

I weep for me. I deeply sympathize. And I'm grateful for Jane Juska's book and the extraordinary courage that led to her succinct ad. in the NY Review of Books personal columns.

Congratulations, Jane!

Dear Lolita,

I've sent off my check for $25 to Victoria along with a request for a copy of Cripzen.

I love your magazine so much, I hope you thrive for a very long time.