Book review: Fear Of Dying

WHEN Erica Jong’s no-holds-barred fiction on sex and relationships, Fear Of Flying, was published in the early ’70s, it became a rallying cry for Second Wave feminism, empowering women to be more open about their sexuality, as the 20-something married central character, Isadora Wing, and went in search of the perfect, no-strings sex.

Now, poet and author Jong is helping the generation that grew up with Isadora confront their own mortality in her new follow-up, Fear Of Dying.

Actress Vanessa Wonderman is in her ’60s — and is watching her once-powerful parents fade, while waiting to become a grandmother for the first time.