This Hardback edition of Want reveals intimate truths about desire through anonymous letters. It explores complex themes of womanhood and intimacy shared openly between readers and the collection.
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous?
When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet for many reasons some complicated some not so many of us don't talk about it. Our deepest most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us until someone comes along with the key.
Here's the key. In this generation-defining book Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous letters of hundreds of women from around the world along with her own anonymous letter. Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous.
Gillian Anderson is an award-winning film television and theatre actor. In addition to her acting work Gillian is also globally recognised as a respected activist and charity campaigner previously co-authored the Sunday Times bestseller We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere with Jennifer Nadel and last year founded the wellness drinks brand G-Spot which encourages women to embrace their unique power. In 2016 Anderson was appointed an honorary OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama. She lives in London with her three children.