'The clash between Thompson’s nervous widow and McCormack’s confident sex worker incites a dialogue that reminds us that it’s never too late to break out of our shells.' | Maxwell Rabb
delivers a shockingly touching view into the sex lives of the widowed through Nancy Stokes —a reserved schoolteacher looking to finally find sexual satisfaction after losing her spouse. Finding herself alone after decades of marriage, Nancy hires an escort, Leo Grande , to at last experience sexual fulfillment, and more specifically, an orgasm.
The clash between Thompson’s nervous widow and McCormack’s confident sex worker incites a dialogue that reminds us that it’s never too late to break out of our shells. Leo’s sexual freedom highlights the repressive expectations of marriage that Nancy felt suffocated by. Now suddenly, given the chance at sexual freedom, Nancy’s buried vulnerability is exposed with the help of an unlikely companion. And the result is startlingly honest.