{"product_id":"an-intimate-life-cheryl-t-cohen-greene-9781593765064","title":"An Intimate Life: Sex, Love, and My Journey as a Surrogate Partner","description":"The real life behind Helen Hunt's Oscar-nominated performance in \u003ci\u003eThe Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e \"A provocative and unusual book about a provocative and unusual profession\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the past forty years, Cheryl Cohen Greene has worked as a surrogate partner, helping clients to confront and ultimately accept their sexuality. In this riveting memoir, Cohen Greene shares some of her most moving cases, and also reveals her own sexual coming-of-age. Beginning with a rigid Catholic upbringing in the 1950s, where she was taught to think sex and sexual desires were unnatural and wrong, Cohen Greene struggled to reconcile her sexual identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960s Sexual Revolution, Cohen Greene found herself drawn to alternative sexual paths, and ultimately achieved a rich and rewarding career as a surrogate partner. Sex surrogacy as a profession was first developed by noted sex researchers Masters and Johnson in the 1960s, and since its inception has remained in the shadows. \u003ci\u003eAn Intimate Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers a candid look into the personal and professional life of a surrogate partner, examining the cultural and emotional ramifications of pursuing something most people consider taboo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe memoir opens with Cohen Greene's work with Berkeley-based poet and journalist Mark O'Brien, who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio at age six. His short essay \"On Seeing A Sex Surrogate\" was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eThe Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt as Cheryl T. Cohen Greene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheryl T. Cohen-Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593765061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593765064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 20","brand":"Cheryl T. Cohen-Greene","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427587539199,"sku":"9781593765064","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_890c5b46-0d82-4443-a6dd-60e7e9110507.jpg?v=1761580315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-intimate-life-cheryl-t-cohen-greene-9781593765064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}