A Round-Heeled Woman : My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance

And if things herein shock you, there is plenty more to delight the mature reader, male or female, as this woman tells all, reveling in her special times as a teacher, especially that time in San Quentin with her prisoner learners. Her writing institute base of teaching writing is so familiar to any English teacher who might be reading this memoir. And the revealing stories of her incarcerated students present the most moving segment of the whole book.

This woman loves life and just happens to believe in making sure that she participates in it with companions to touch and stroke her needy body. In conjunction with these intimate encounters comes true enlightment, as she falls in love with New York City, and partakes of special places, including the actual writings of Herman Melville. She is indomitable, indefatiguable, a woman who does not let her calendar age stop her from really living. Her independance, not that of a wealthy woman, comes purely from determination. She is, therefore, an inspiration to those who are aging, the baby boomers who may foolishly wonder whether they should just long for times gone by, or if they should strike out and LIVE!

Jane Juska is a brave woman, as she bares her soul and tells all the secrets without disguising them in a work of fiction. I am glad my best friend from our teen years gave me this book to read and review.

I have been re-reading A Round Heeled Woman and while I still think it is interesting and in many ways daring, I also believe that prospective readers shouldnt think of it as either titillating or sexually satisfying.

There is also the interesting idea of a woman who was sexually abused as a child, distant from her father, husband and alas son, seemed deep down to be crying out for revenge or her just deserts and instead of wanting sex and satisfying sex I wonder if she wasnt/isnt looking for good/great sex in all the wrong places.. and or ... simply wanting to be fully in control in some sloppy BDSM mode.

Nothing sadder to me than a woman who travels three thousand miles away to a strangers bed and when used as a trollop (a vulgar or disreputable woman; especially: one who engages in sex promiscuously)I even wonder if she ever thought about the Freudian slip when she used Anthony Trollope as her chosen author.

I know thankfully many women over the age of sixty who are sensual, sensual, sexually active and respected by the man/men in their lives. This is the one thing that seems to be missing in Ms. Juskas life.

I look at the men like Robert who allows her to stay in his small NYC apartment, who has some good sex with her, but who verbally cuts her down. Or Henry who is married with kids and has sex in front of the TV so he can watch the game. What kind of a woman has sex with someones husband without some honesty? I am not talking about open marriage or polyamory where ALL the partners are in on the game. And poor young Graham who may have liked having her as a sexual experience, but who doesnt want anyone knowing him in real life. Men who are proud of whom they are seducing are proud to be seen with the woman amongst friends.

I guess I dont think Ms. Juskas likes men or maybe even herself, because someone who loves men (and I LOVE men) knows that men are feeling creatures who have the ability to feel used and pained and when a woman says "please be interested in me the best men will try.

What she seemed to give the men in question is a quick boink and bye bye. She wants the reader to think that she wants more from a relationship but what she wants is what suits her and the mans feelings be damned.

And how could a man really, really trust and love her beyond a quick fling or affair on the side? If they were to allow her into their lives 100% would they be sure that she wouldnt do what she wanted when she wanted and basically screw them over?