RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewEngrossing and appealingly monomaniacal ... Each chapter is more interesting than the last.
Erica Garza
RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewGetting Off, the debut book by the 35-year-old Mexican-American essayist Erica Garza, is comparably affecting. The memoir shines light on the lonely (albeit impressively multi-orgasmic) world of a woman who binges not on food or pills, but on hookups and 'getting off' ...her prose is appealingly no-frills and accessible. She writes in the style of one who knows better than to linger too long on the eroticism of her memories — one who has learned the hard way how crucial it is to keep dangerous rushes of euphoric recall in check ... As a narrator, Garza is a master of identifying such dark, postcoital feelings as these ... We’ve all been there, and in reading Garza’s insight into her own experiences, we better understand ourselves ... But the strong final chapters, sublimely set in Southeast Asia, are both inspirational and, dare I say it, still pretty kinky. God bless a lost person who has found her way. Thanks for sharing, Erica.
