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*****

'A sexy, messy, necessary look at polyamory' -Advocate

'All the makings of a juicy beach read-romance - sex, deception, and twists - except it's an account of a real-life open relationship.' -VOGUE

Rachel Krantz is a 27-year-old journalist living in Brooklyn when she meets Adam, who is non-monogamous. The concept isn't entirely new to her and the possibility of that kind of freedom is as exciting as it is daunting. If there's a chance that she could date, have sex and connect with different people alongside a loving and supportive long-term relationship, why wouldn't she seize it?

In intimate detail, OPEN takes us inside the highs and lows of Rachel's journey of self-discovery and the different ways power dynamics manifest when the rules of engagement have fundamentally changed. Sharp, provocative, and engrossing, it asks what true sexual liberation looks like, and if the pleasure is ever worth the pain.

'A starkly naked story of a young woman's adventure of self-discovery, told with a striking lack of shame or apology. Highly recommended.' -Dr. Christopher Ryan, author of Sex At Dawn

'Smart, original, ambitious, and deeply absorbing memoir... She succeeds by bringing us deftly and irresistibly into her most intimate pains and joys, stretching our understanding of what commitment and autonomy mean.' -Dr. Wednesday Martin, author of Untrue & Primates of Park Avenue

'The only problem I had picking up this book was putting it back down. Open compels, entertains, and may ultimately transform its readers.' -Dr. Terry Real, internationally recognised Family Therapist, author, and founder of the Relational Life Institute

Critics Review

[A] sincere and curious reckoning with the cultural messaging we all receive about gendered expectations and power dynamics in romantic and sexual relationships.
NPR
[Krantz's] breathtaking honesty in probing the serious downsides of polyamory while eschewing outmoded patriarchal codes of morality should allow for an overdue dialogue about what makes any relationship work.
Los Angeles Times
Generous and fearless... Open is an insightful and compassionate reminder that nonmonogamy-like any other intimate relationship-is only as viable as the humans involved make it
Bitch
All the makings of a juicy beach read-romance, sex, deception, and twists-except that it's [a]... real-life open relationship.
Vogue
Author Rachel Krantz
Narrator Rachel Krantz
Duration 10 hours and 10 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781913183912
Format Audiobook
Publisher Octopus
Genre Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sociology: family and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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