At the age of twenty-seven, after many years of having (and, for the most part, enjoying) an active sex life, beloved French author, journalist, editor, and fashion blogger Sophie Fontanel decided she wanted to take a break. Despite having it all-a glamorous job, plenty of dates and boyfriends, styl[...]
In a provocative memoir, the bestselling French novelist and iconic editor of French "Elle "describes her years of self-imposed celibacy--why she did it and how it changed her perspective: "A searching investigation into the power of no...a sophisticated bagatelle of a volume" (Dwight Garner, "The N[...]