Published in 2019
221 pages
Olive Persimmon is an author, speaker, and communication coach. In addition to her first book, Unintentionally Celibate, she’s spent the last seven years writing about sex, dating, and life for the internet everywhere from Elite Daily to SheKnows Media. Olive loves speaking as much as she loves writing and is a TEDx speaker and a professional public speaking coach. Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, she currently lives in NYC and writes letter for fun.
What is this book about?
Meet Olive Persimmon. Growing up, she looked exactly like Danny DeVito, except she was thirteen and a girl. By some miracle, she grew into a relatively normal, well-adjusted thirty-something woman living in New York City—with one notable exception: she hasn’t had sex in five years, one month, three days, two-point-five hours . . . and counting.
Faced with bona fide sex rut, she decides it’s time to take action to save her love life and get her mojo back. Challenged by a friend to “say yes” to experiences she might normally avoid, Olive embarks on a series of adventures and explores everything from BDSM classes to cuddlers-for-hire, from foot fetishes to lessons with a top-ranked pickup artist, and more! Each awkward, funny, and sometimes downright embarrassing encounter brings Olive closer to discovering the power of saying yes—to herself, others, and life itself.
For fans of Jenny Slate, this is a funny, irreverent, and honest tale of one young woman’s journey to reclaim her sexuality on the fringes of New York City’s sex and dating world.
