The Washington Post calls Behind the Bedroom Door a " diverse collection of well-crafted autobiographical essay...that explore unmet expectations, clumsy experimentation, abuse and addiction, illness and infertility and, yes, blinding, soaring lust."
The Montreal Gazette says Behind the Bedroom Door isn't really about sex. They may be right.
Vermont's Hamilton Spectator calls the collection "riveting" and says "It isn't lasciviousness that will keep you turning the pages; it's the laid-bare honesty that one comes across so rarely."
This Winnipeg journal calls BTBD "pert." I''ll take it.
Read what the L.A. Times has to say about Behind the Bedroom Door, which it dubs "a hottie among hotties."
The San Francisco Chronicle calls Behind the Bedroom Door "often illuminating and hilarious...[but] the anthology is most fascinating for all of the contradictions it lays bare."
Read the starred review from Publisher's Weekly: "Journalist Derrow has selected essays that explore the wealth and variety of female sexual experience, making for a gender-transcending tale of sex lives that manages to be philosophical, poignant—and a great bit of naughty fun. More...
The Detroit Metro Times says "These writers draw bravely from memory and real life...Their stories are as sad and vulnerable as they are provocative — a baring of naughty bits and transgressions, but most notably, hearts.
Read the review in The Daily News, which describes the collection thusly: "The book's experiences, from the first time to the first time sober, to sex with a younger man, reflect the many whys and ways that women do it. Or don't."
The January 12th edition of The New York Observer calls BTBD "a lively anthology" in a slightly snarky but smart review.
Read the review in Redbook in the January issue.
Look out for a mention in Parenting in the February issue.
Watch for a review in Baby Talk magazine in March.
Read the review in New York City's West Side Spirit.
Read excerpts in the November 30th Modern Love column in the Times, the December issue of More, the January issue of Self, the February issue of Elle, an upcoming issue of Tango and in The Daily Beast.
Listen to insights about women and sex from Behind the Bedroom Door editor and contributors on December 18th, on XM Sirius' radio show, Life's Work, hosted by New York Times columnist and Motherlode blogger Lisa Belkin.
Read about Behind the Bedroom Door contributor Bella Pollen's sexual turn offs (and ons) in the December 08 issue of W.
