Caption: Erica Jong a auto Biography is being published 20 years after she gained national fame with her milestone book, "Fear of flying."tient with material values and yearning openly for some kind of spiritual truth, She's deeply thoughtful about what makes, breaks and maintains relationships.In "Fear of FIfty." Jong defines herself as a member of the " Whiplash Generation," that postwar cohort that she says has been snapped back and forth by fast-shifting moresabout sex and women's roles. From the sexual prudery of the '50s to the required restraintin the snare and delusion. But the only good reason to be a human being is to make a passage with your soul from unconsciousness to consciousness, to die a little smarterspiritually, than you were born. if you're not making that passage, what on earth doesit all mean?"As a parent of a 15-year-old (who she says "isn't especially interested in reading my books"). Jong has thought much about parents'role in launching a young life -especiallyabout the need to giveERICA JONG Author of FEAR OF FIFTY, published by HarperCollins in August, 1994. Photo Credit: Christophc von Hohenberg.
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