TMI

"Sometimes having [the sex scenes] be read is a little squirm-inducing. People seem to be quite shocked by some of what I portray, but it all seems fairly tame to me, compared to what you read a lot of male authors write about. Though the opening of Chapter Eight is when I always find myself saying, 'And THIS is why my mother cannot read this book'"—Julie Powell of Julie & Julia fame, discussing her new book, Cleaving. [DoubleX]