{"product_id":"sex-without-marriage-jonathan-starr-9781970848175","title":"Sex Without Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore the sexual revolution had a name, there was this book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the long, scandalized shadow of the Kinsey Reports, \u003ci\u003eSex Without Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e dives-headfirst and eyes wide open-into the private lives of America's singles at the dawn of the 1960s. Jonathan Starr speaks for the modern bachelor. Bonnie Golightly answers for the unmarried woman who refuses to blush. Together, they tackle desire, guilt, freedom, fear, and satisfaction with surprising candor, period blind spots intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns earnest, provocative, naïve, and unintentionally hilarious, this is less a how-to than a cultural snapshot-when \"going all the way\" was still a question, and talking about it at all felt dangerously modern. A frank, fascinating time capsule from a world on the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonnie Golightly\u003c\/b\u003e was a prolific mid-century novelist known for sexually explicit fiction, as well as a nonfiction writer addressing sex and marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Starr\u003c\/b\u003e was an editor and writer for mid-century men's magazines including \u003ci\u003eSwank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwingle, \u003c\/i\u003e where he contributed sex- and relationship-focused nonfiction, sometimes under the byline \"J. Starr.\" This was his only known book-length work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Starr,Bonnie Golightly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970848170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970848175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Jonathan Starr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447287689471,"sku":"9781970848175","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c829b5d-7927-4efa-9ce1-936313c669cb.jpg?v=1777230104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-without-marriage-jonathan-starr-9781970848175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}