The Seductions of Natalie Bach Author:William Luvas The Seductions of Natalie Bach documents a heady girl's coming of age at a heady time, and her wide-eyed discovery of the wondrous, remarkably confusing world around her. Natalie flees her family and upper-middle-class Jewish background to discover life on her own terms. — Still in high school, Natalie Bach wanders the streets of New York, vi... more »siting studios of hip artists, experimenting with sex and searching for her sexual identity. She flies on the city's energy, experiencing jubilant highs and grinding lows-in fights with her spiteful mother, sessions with her psychiatrist, one night stands, and a painful, unrequited love affair with playboy Claude. She attends The Art Students' League and takes her first steps toward becoming an artist. Natalie haunts the apartment of her friend and former teacher, Maxine, a steamy seductress whose intensity matches Natalie's. Charged with urgency and confusion, their friendship blossoms into a love affair, leaving Natalie confused about her sexual identity.
Natalie's journey of self-discovery takes her cross-country to live in the redwoods, to Israel, and back to New York again.« less