Women on Top of the World

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'A brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power' - RUBY RARE 'Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work' - VANITY FAIR 'This is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask from porn ... Holmes has done an admirable job' SUNDAY TIMES 'An important read for any young women starting out on their sexual life' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRISSIE HYNDE, JENNY ECLAIR AND MANY OTHERS What goes through a woman's head while she's having sex? Women on Top of the World is a collection of 51 first person testimonies by 51 women from around the globe, from all ages and from all walks of life. Searingly honest, they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex to writer Lucy-Anne Holmes. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender. Every experience is different, unique and fascinating. From 19-year-old Melodie in the UK to 32 year-old Wambui from Kenya and 74-year-old Lucy in New Zealand, we as readers are led down as many paths as there are ways to have sex. There are heterosexual women, gay women, bisexual women, queer women, monogamous women, polyamorous women, those who identify as non-binary and transgender women. There is beautiful sex, bored sex, auto-sexuality, crazy sex, tantric sex, sad sex and sex that is experienced as colours and melted toffee. A range of hugely talented, cutting-edge artists from all over the world - both male and female - have given their visual interpretations with rich and remarkable illustrations that convey the range of emotions contained within these intimate revelations. The result is a stunning, transportive book that will help quench the obvious thirst for narratives for women by women about their journeys of sexual self-discovery.

Lucy-Anne Holmes is a writer, actress and campaigner living in Sussex. She was the founder of the No More Page 3 campaign that successfully convinced The Sun newspaper to cease its daily feature showing photos of topless models. She is the author of three previous novels, which were published in ten countries, and of Don't Hold My Head Down, her funny and eye-opening personal sexual odyssey. She is also the author of Women on Top of the World, in which she interviewed 51 women and non-binary people from all over the world about their innermost thoughts and feelings about sex, which was published internationally to critical acclaim.

A brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power * Ruby Rare * This is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask from porn ... Holmes has done an admirable job * The Sunday Times * Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work * Vanity Fair * An important read for any young women starting out on their sexual life * Sunday Independent * Genius writer * The Sun *