Erica Jong's Books That Made a Difference

Close Encounters of the Reading Kind

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the August 2003 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Erica Jong, the boundary-breaking author of 'Fear of Flying,' reads to understand life, love and her mother.

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