The First Time: True Tales of Virginity Lost and Found (Including My Own)

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Losing our virginity . it happens to all of us. How did it happen for you What do other people think and feel about it In February 2007, Kate Monro went on a mission to find out. She decided to ask as many people as possible - how did you lose your virginity Men and women, old and young, gay, straight, Christian and Muslim; the stories range from the funny and the sad to the happy and occasionally, the unbelievable.

Thus was born her much reviewed blog, The Virginity Project, and now this book. How do we define the loss of our virginity What, if any, impact does the first time have on the rest of our lives And in some cases how do we know for sure when that moment has occurred

After all sorts of conversations with all sorts of people, Kate will reveal the truth about other people's most intimate sexual stories. She also discovers that the answers are not always as straightforward as you might think.

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A mass observation project for the internet generation. -- Cosmo Landesman, Sunday Times
Britain's virginity is explored in breathtakingly intimate detail but also with incredible tact and diplomacy. -- Meredith Jaffe, Hoopla
A revealing insight into modern sexuality. -- Tatler
The book is incredibly rich in its insights and observations on human sexuality and the recognition of how we become sexual ... masterful, lovely, and absolutely thrilling. -- Bookish Owl
Monro's book is clearly one of the best volumes written to date on virginity and how precisely we define virginity (and, of course, its loss)...A masterful, lovely, and absolutely thrilling book. -- Jonathan A. Allen, Teach Me Tonight
An often-touching insight into one of the most intimate and rarely discussed events in a human being's life. -- Irish Independent

Author Bio

Kate Monro's career has taken in spells with the rock band Blur, with the publishing mavericks Dazed Confused, marketing PR agency, Cunning and most recently, creative advertising agency RKCR.

She is the creator of blog virginityproject.typepad.com and lives in Nottinghill, London.