176 pages |Paperback

Jaw-droppingInspiringA haunting and beautifully composed bookIt blew my mind.Lisa Taddeo, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThree Women

A fearless expos of the secrets and lies of womens intimate lives, by the bestselling author ofThe Perfect Nanny,Adle,andIn the Country of Others

All those in positions of authoritypoliticians, parents, teachersmaintain the same line: Do what you like, but do it in private.

Leila Slimani was in her native Morocco promoting her novelAdle, about a woman addicted to sex, when she began meeting women who confided the dark secrets of their sexual lives. In Morocco, adultery, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and sex outside of marriage are all punishable by law, and women have only two choices: They can be wives or virgins.Sex and Liescombines vivid, often harrowing testimonies with Slimanis passionate and intelligent commentary to make a galvanizing case for a sexual revolution in the Arab world.