Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

“Women are sublime. No wonder I am a lesbian.“

Omdat het wat minder chronologisch hoefde is deze leuker dan haar tijdens corona geschreven biografie. Ik zou het niet erg vinden om in haar adressenboekje te staan (met ruim 11000 contacten :-) - ze lijkt oprecht in veel mensen geïnteresseerd en probeert met iedereen contact te houden.

“ I used to sit on my front steps and call out to those walking past. I would ask my neighbours where they were going and strike up conversations of surprising intimacy with complete strangers. My favourite targets were dog owners, old people and cripples – all people who couldn't move fast enough.“

Verwacht niet een politiek correct boek, naast ruim aandacht voor sex krijgen ook de Tories in de UK het flink om hun oren...

“I used to leave a list on the kitchen table, to remind a potential lover about the order in which my body liked to be touched. Number One: TITS FIRST. My breasts had to be wooed before I was. Only much later on did below-the-waist excitements feature. I like a slow boil and those frenzied romantic shedding of clothes in films always worried me. Suppose you rip off an important button? What nonsense.“