The memoir of an English woman in her forties, Cutting Up Playgirl is a candid account of one woman's search for sexual satisfaction. Carrie Jones has never been raped or sold as a sex slave, nor abused by her parents. She is not a prostitute. She's just a fairly normal woman trying to work out the true nature of her sexuality. She has slept with twenty-three men, but does not know for certain if she has ever had an orgasm during sex. Like many women (and men) she finds it hard to bridge the wide gulf between her vivid fantasy life and her 'real' everyday existence.

Sad, achingly funny and beautifully written, Cutting Up Playgirl will speak to all women who find their sex lives are somewhat different to those portrayed in today's media.