Dirty Diana
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Publisher Description
The first in the Dirty Diana trilogy – a story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast, Dirty Diana …
'Deliciously entertaining, funny, tantalizing' Demi Moore
Diana Wood has a job she likes and a husband, Oliver, she loves. They’re in married love, which isn’t exactly the same as love love, but it’s fine.
Or is it? Is fine good enough?
With sex and intimacy more like a memory, Diana decides to rediscover the deeply feeling woman she once was, embarking on a journey of art, sensuality – and sexual fantasy.
But does rediscovering her own desires means dissolving the safe life she’s so carefully cultivated? And is it worth it…?
Intelligent, entertaining, and contemporary, Dirty Diana explores female desire in a fun and honest way – and also explores how two partners can find their way back to each other through perseverance, connection and sex.
Readers are already loving Dirty Diana…
'Absolutely loved this book. It focuses on the female desire, ambitions and needs and wants out of their lives. It looks at marriage and relationships from the point of view of a woman which I found to be a refreshing take.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I read this book in a day, I couldn’t put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is perfect for a holiday read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reviews
'Too many women are made to feel that their sexuality is something dangerous, something that should be kept under wraps. Dirty Diana busts that myth wide open. Diana’s struggles will be relatable, and her awakening inspiring, to women everywhere. Dirty Diana is a deliciously entertaining, funny, tantalizing treat of a story' Demi Moore
'Funny and sexy … a wildly entertaining novel – perfect for anyone who loved The Idea of You’ Renée Carlino bestselling author of Before We Were Strangers and This Used to be Us
'[A] raucous romp … Readers will have a tough time waiting for the next installment' Publishers Weekly
'Wry and perceptive' Daily Mail
'Literary fiction served with a side of sauce' Heat
'The aching sadness of a marriage hitting the skids is skillfully captured' The Times
Listeners adore the Dirty Diana podcast:
'Bold, classy and captivating' Sunday Times Style
'Loved this! Such good storytelling' Customer Review
'It really is a wild ride, but it also has a powerful message behind it' Stylist
'One of the best series I've listened to' Customer Review
About the author
Lifelong best friends Jen Besser and Shana Feste met as eleven-year-olds in California and have been collaborating ever since. Dirty Diana, first launched as a podcast starring Demi Moore, debuted at #1 on Apple, was nominated for Podcast of the Year, and won the Ambie for Best Fiction, Screenwriting. Shana is the award-winning screenwriter and director of several feature films, including Country Strong and Run Sweetheart Run. Jen is a fiction editor and publisher. They now live thousands of miles apart and talk every day. This is their debut novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This entertaining debut novel, which chronicles a woman's midlife crisis, is the first in a trilogy based on the eponymous fiction podcast produced by Besser and Feste and starring Demi Moore. Diana Wood, a 41-year-old lapsed artist, feels disconnected from her husband, Oliver, and wants more than the suburban life they've built in Dallas as parents to a six-year-old girl. She pounces on the opportunity to return to her former home of Santa Fe, N.Mex., where she once worked as an artist's assistant and aspired to a creative career of her own. In Santa Fe, she flashes back to her 25th birthday, when she was still with her long-lost love, a famous photographer and heartbreaker named Jasper. Diana's past couldn't contrast more deeply with her present, and as she returns to a long-abandoned creative project in which she interviews women about their sexual experiences and fantasies, her marriage disintegrates. "Whatever this new path we're on is, it's scary and unsettling, nothing like the warm safety of mediocrity," Diana muses as things with Oliver fall apart. "I miss it, suddenly. Feeling nothing." Chock-full of erotic sex scenes, this raucous romp ends on a tantalizing cliff-hanger. Readers will have a tough time waiting for the next installment. Agents: Anna Worrall and Alia Hanna Habib, Gernert Co.
