Women Whisper of Risqué New Book Fifty Shades of Grey
Women Whisper of Risqué New Book Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey: Risque Trilogy a Hit with the Playground Posse, Moms are claiming that "Fifty Shades of Grey" is revitalizing their marriages. Not since women were stealing their daughter's Twilight books for midnight reading binges, has a series of novels so steamed up the mommy set. The New York Post reports that the X-rated "Fifty Shades" trilogy, by E.L. James, British television executive and mom of two, has already sold 250,000 copies and scored James the number one spot on the NY Times bestseller list.
"Fifty Shades of Grey," the first installment, has become know as "The Book" around school pick ups on New York City's Upper East Side. "I couldn't put it down," says NYC mom Michele Yogel, 33, "I'd be sitting on the couch at 7 a.m. with my two kids while they're watching cartoons and drinking milk and I'd be reading it on the Kindle app on my phone."
While Stephanie Meyer's books were mainly about the thrill of the chase and the anticipation of the kill, James's series is more of a full frontal assault. Unabashedly not YA, these books are part of a genre called BDSM (or "bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism") fiction. In the first novel, the kinky anti-hero, billionaire Christian Grey, turns his good girl paramour Anastasia Steele into a submissive sex slave. While the next two volumes chronicle their deepening love, the Post reports that "flip to a random page…point to a line and you're basically guaranteed to land on a graphic, adjective-laden sex scene…."
Reportedly, first-time author James was herself a Twilight fan when she stumbled on BDSM fiction and "found it really hot." She's not the only one. "Kids have never seen their mothers reading so much," says 42-year-old Allysa Goldman. Goldman, Yogel, and other bibliophiles agree that its adding spark back to "everyone's marriage."
And dads are getting in on the act as well. "That's going to be the newest thing in real estate," laughed a NYC bigwig who wanted to remain anonymous, "a media room and a 'red room of pain'."
Two weeks ago a paperback copy of Fifty Shades of Grey was listed on Amazon.com for an astounding $999.99. Now, Vintage has picked up the rights for a reported 7-figure sum. The initial combined print run for the three books will be 750,000 copies. The first will be available on April 3, 2012.
via: yahoo
