Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

2016 | Art, Photography & Fashion | Gender Studies | Humor & Comedy

Finally, a scandalously Honest Illustrated Guide To The Secrets of Life as a Victorian Lady, giving you detailed advice on:

* What to Wear
* Where to Relieve Yourself
* How to Conceal Your Loathsome Addiction to Menstruating
* What to Expect on Your Wedding Night
* How to Be the Perfect Victorian Wife
* Why Masturbating Will Kill You
* And More

Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications, Unmentionable will inspire a whole new level of respect for our great-great-grandmothers.

"Hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating. THIS BOOK IS FULL OF AWESOME." Jenny Lawson, Author of Furiously Happy

"It's hard to imagine a woman - or a teenage girl - who wouldn't love this book." Caitlyn Flanagan, Washington Post

"If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the who gig is rigged." Laurie Notaro #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Looked Different on the Model

"So excellently informative about the Victorian period that it should be shelved right next to Dickens for reference." Princess Weeks, Bust



Published by Back Bay Books/ Little , Brown, and Company

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