The best-seller Fear of Flying

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The groundbreaking novel about female sexuality, called Fear of Flying, was first published in 1973. Dina Newman has been speaking to its author, Erica Jong.

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1:11.1	Hello and welcome to the Witness History Podcast
1:14.0	First-hand accounts of the events that shaped our world.
1:17.0	Today we're going back to 1973
1:20.0	and the publication of a novel about women's sexuality that would go on to be a huge bestseller.
1:26.0	The book was called Fear of Flying.
1:29.0	Dina Newman has been hearing from its author Erica Young.
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