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In The Wild Oats Project, 44‑year‑old journalist Robin Rinaldi records a yearlong experiment in which she separates her weekday life as a devoted wife and aspiring mother from her weekend explorations of sex, love, and identity. The memoir details her use of a dating site, encounters with men and women, erotic workshops, and the discovery of new aspects of her own sexuality. Through personal reflection and raw honesty, Rinaldi examines the tensions between marital commitments, midlife choices, and the liberation that comes from redefining one’s own terms of happiness and family.
The book offers a candid look at how a woman navigates changing sexual expectations, the challenges of an open marriage, and her own evolving sense of self while maintaining a public persona as a journalist in San Francisco.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Robin Rinaldi
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