Winner of the 2015 Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award

Revised and expanded tenth anniversary edition, featuring new essays and an introduction by Christa Couture.

This is a sex book. It's a book about fucking yourself, fucking someone you love, fucking strangers. It's about saying words like cunt and come, and all manner of perverse verbiage. Mostly, it's about speaking honestly about our bodies and our vulnerability, recognizing we're all imperfect, worthy, and desirable.

In this ten year anniversary edition of Hot, Wet & Shaking, Kaleigh Trace-disabled, queer, sex therapist-chronicles her journey from ignorance to bliss as she shamelessly discusses her sexual exploits and bodily negotiations. Trace's memoirs and essays generously welcome the reader into her world, modelling a humour and radical self acceptance that can teach us all how to talk about sex, and then some.

About the Author

Kaleigh Trace lives in Toronto but dreams of Nova Scotia. Like many writers, she is pulled toward the immutable language of the coastline. Like many therapists, she finds solace in the ocean.

Kaleigh's written work can be found in The Coast, No More Potlucks, Shameless Magazine, The Huffington Post and on CBC Radio. Her first book, Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex was published by Invisible Publishing in 2014 and won the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award.

Kaleigh's therapeutic work centres on the certain truth that our intimate relationships are sites of healing. As a couple's therapist, Kaleigh has witnessed the transformative power of compassionate love, and her practice promotes this ethic.

Kaleigh has a Masters of Science in Couple's and Family Therapy and passable punch-needling skills. As a queer, disabled femme, Kaleigh is always curious about your face care routine. Talk to her about your moisturizer.

Reviews

"I hope we continue to learn how to talk about sex. I hope we continue to have conversations about disability, desire, difference and commonality, with curiosity and a few juicy jokes. With Kaleigh Trace's book in our hands, we have one of the best examples of how to do so."-Christa Couture, broadcaster and author of How to Lose Everything

"Hot, Wet, and Shaking is written in the tone of a trusted and cheeky friend, confessing secrets that shake loose their shame when spoken aloud. This is not the sex advice of a poised, multi-orgasmic, inaccessible, or clinical expert, but rather the honest musings of a woman in a pair of yesterday's dirty jeans."-National Post

"Hot, Wet and Shaking is... a funny, fast and absorbing read, powerful, empowering, and so important."-Pickle Me This

"This book is a much needed lighthouse that guides us all with love and laughter."-Broken Pencil

"Honesty, self-awareness, a wicked sense of humour, an unflinching sense of the ridiculous. You generally need all of these to be able to talk as candidly about your sex life as Kaleigh Trace has done... she sheds light on sexual stories and scripts we don't usually get to hear but which are a part of a lot of people's lives."-Ready, Sexy, Able

"Hot, Wet & Shaking is laugh-out-loud funny in some parts, incredibly touching in others (pun partially intended)... Trace's book is like a talk with an old friend you can share anything with."-Sexual Health Lunenburg

"Hot, Wet, and Shaking is an important read...This book fights the myths about sex and disability and starts discussions that are long overdue."-The Dialog

"Trace has learned to talk about sex and she has learned to do it extremely well."-The Coast

Awards
Winner of Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award 2015 (Canada).



Book Information
ISBN 9781778430466
Author Kaleigh Trace
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Invisible Publishing
Publisher Invisible Publishing
Weight(grams) 180g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 7mm