In search of pure lust: a memoir
Canadian fiction, Biography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
Summary
When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had… to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.