Losing It: How We Popped Our Cherry Over the Last 80 Years

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In an increasingly sexualised world, how we lose our virginity remains an untold story. Inspired by her Cosmopolitan award-nominated blog, The Virginity Project, Kate Monro sets out to ask men and women from every walk of life, how did it happen for you Losing It brings together an astonishing collection of stories.

From the experiences of Edna, who lost her virginity in 1940 aged 25, to Charlie, a young, disabled punk rocker whose first-time experience many able-bodied people would envy, Kate reveals the poignant, funny and often surprising truth about other people's most intimate sexual stories.

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A witty and entertaining read -- Laura M. Carpenter * Journal of Popular Romance Studies *
Incredibly rich in its insights and observations on human sexuality ... masterful, lovely, and absolutely thrilling -- TheBookishOwl.com

Author Bio

Described by the Evening Standard as 'London's foremost virgin inquisitor', Kate Monro was born the daughter of a journalist on her grandparents' farm in Yorkshire. An unremarkable education preceded a career that has taken in spells with the rock band Blur, with the publishing mavericks Dazed + Confused and, most recently, with creative advertising agency RKCR Y+R. She lives in Notting Hill, London and Losing It is, appropriately, Kate's first book.