AN INTIMATE LIFE: SEX, LOVE, AND MY JOURNEY AS A SURROGATE PARTNER

Book ID/图书代码： 12312512B56403

English Summary/英文概要： For the past forty years, Cheryl Cohen-Greene has worked as a sex surrogate, helping clients to confront, consider, and ultimately accept their sexuality. In this riveting memoir, Cohen-Greene shares some of her most moving cases, and also reveals her own sexual coming-of-age. Beginning with a rigid Catholic upbringing in the 1950s, where she was taught to think sex and sexual desires were unnatural and wrong, Cohen-Greene struggled to reconcile her sexual identity. As the 1960s presented social upheaval and the Sexual Revolution, Cohen-Greene found herself drawn to other sexual paths, and was ultimately drawn to a rich and rewarding career as a surrogate.

Sex surrogacy was first developed by noted sex researchers Masters and Johnson in the 1960s, though since its inception the profession of sex surrogacy has remained in the shadows. The Surrogate offers a candid look into the personal and professional life of a surrogate partner, examining the cultural and emotional ramifications of pursuing something most people do not immediately understand.

The memoir opens with Cohen-Greene’s work with Mark O’Brien, a Berkeley-based poet and journalist who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio at age six. This chapter, "Six Sessions," has been adapted into a major motion picture by the same title, to be released in October 2012.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 过去四十年来,谢丽尔•科恩格林曾作为一个性爱代理,帮助客户面对,考虑,最终接受他们的性取向。在这本引人入胜的回忆录中,科恩格林分享她在一些最感人的事例,也揭示了她自己的性成熟。在20世纪50年代严格的天主教教育下长大，在那里她学会了去认为性和性欲望是不自然的和错误的,Cohen-Greene努力调和自己的性取向。在20世纪60年代年代提出了社会动荡和性革命,科恩格林发现自己吸引到其他性路径,并最终得出一条丰富和有意义的事业作为替代。

性代理由性研究者Masters和Johnson在20世纪60年代第一次提出来的，尽管自成立以来专业性代孕一直在阴影中。代理提供了一个坦率的调查个人和职业生活的代理伴侣,研究多数人不会立即理解的文化和情感影响。

回忆录的开头描述了作者与马克•勃恩的合作。马克来自伯克莱加州大学，他既是诗人，也是记者，6岁时得了小儿麻痹症，之后，只能靠人工呼吸器维持生命。这一章,“六个交易日,”已经被改编成电影的相同主题的电影,在2012年10月发布。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: RUSSIA, Italian, Brazilian, Turkish, Czech Republic
Soft Skull 出版的这本回忆录原先的书名是THE SURROGATE，不久会被拍成以作者谢丽尔的真实经历为背景的电影，名为THE SESSIONS, 由知名演员Helen Hunt 和John Hawkes 以及William H. Macy出演。这部电影是备受期待的——这是一部在2012年圣丹斯电影节最受欢迎的电影,赢得两个奖项:观众最喜欢的和美国的戏剧性的电影和陪审团奖。链接:http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/the-sessions-trailer/
《娱乐周刊》评论::http://m.ew.com/news-detail.rbml?guid = 0,,20619930,00(完整的回顾如下)

This Soft Skull memoir was initially called THE SURROGATE and the soon to-be-released movie based on Cheryl is called THE SESSIONS, and stars Helen Hunt and John Hawkes and William H. Macy. The movie is much anticipated – it was a favorite at the 2012 Sundance Festival, winning two awards: Audience Favorite and US Dramatic Film & Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting.

Link to Trailer: http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/the-sessions-trailer/

Entertainment Weekly Review: : http://m.ew.com/news-detail.rbml?guid=0,,20619930,00(full review below)

THE HOLLYWOOD NEWS: http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2012/10/02/international-poster-for-iron-lung-sex-comedy-the-sessions/

About the Author/作者介绍： 谢丽尔•科恩自1973年一直在私人临床实践作为代理伴侣和人类性学的顾问。她接受过马斯特斯和约翰逊形态的训练，在旧金山性信息培训员工有19年。科恩是一个认证性教育家和临床性学家,2004年,她获得在旧金山高级研究所的DHS（人类性学博士）。她目前是IPSA（国际专业代理协会）的副总统。她是BASA(旧金山湾区代理协会)的创始人之一。科恩是媒体的常客,曾被Larry King Live,发现频道,CNN,等等现场采访。

Cheryl Cohen-Greene has been in private clinical practice as a surrogate partner and Consultant in Human Sexuality since 1973. She was trained in the Masters and Johnson modality and was on the training staff of San Francisco Sex Information for 19 years. Cohen-Green is a certified Sex Educator and Clinical Sexologist, and in 2004 she earned her DHS (Doctor of Human Sexuality) from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. She is currently the Vice President of of IPSA (the International Professional Surro¬gates Association). She was one of the founders of BASA (the Bay Area Surrogates Association). Cohen Green is a frequent media guest, who has been interviewed on Larry King Live, the Discover Channel, CNN, among others.

Lorna Garano is a freelance writer and publicist.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：不确定

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况： EIGHT foreign Sales to date: 1. Brazil - Record 2. Italy - Corbaccio 3. Japan - East Press 4. Korea – Davan 5. Czech Republic: Metafora 6. Australia/New Zealand – Scribe 7. Russia – Eksmo 8. Turkey - Once

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