The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex

by Melissa Febos

From the national bestselling author of Girlhood, an examination of the solitude, freedoms, and feminist heroes Melissa Febos discovered during a year of celibacy. A wise and transformative look at relationships and self-knowledge.

In the wake of a catastrophic two-year relationship, Melissa Febos decided to take a break--for three months she would abstain from dating, from relationships, and sex. Her friends were amused. Did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593537238
• ISBN13: 9780593537237
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"