Intimacy
A field guide to finding connection and feeling your deep desires
$24.26
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2026
Summary
Lessons to transform intimacy in our own lives, learned from a journey of changing sex on screen, by Ita O’Brien - the pioneering intimacy coordinator behind Sex Education, I May Destroy You, and Normal People.
What is sex? What is love? What is lust? What is connection? What is intimacy?
Before Ita O’Brien, no-one was thinking about how we see sex and intimacy on screen. But, after a lifetime of working in film and TV and seeing its abuses first-han…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529954050 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529954053 |
| Author: | Ita O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of human connection in the modern world, this book offers a fresh perspective on how we can approach intimacy with confidence, respect, and joy. – Gillian Anderson
O’Brien has risen to the status of Britain’s queen of intimacy – Eva Wiseman * Observer Magazine *
In the days after I finished reading Intimacy, I’ve found myself returning to it – Matt Rudd * Sunday Times Magazine *
Intimacy is the definitive guide for readers seeking deeper connection with themselves and with others. This book will help you navigate your relationships and better your life. It’s simply a must-read! – Karen Tang, MD, award-winning author of ‘It’s Not Hysteria’
About The Author
Ita O'Brien
Ita O’Brien is one of the world’s leading Intimacy Coordinators and the creator of the Intimacy On Set guidelines, which are now used around the world. She has worked on a huge number of productions, including Normal People, I May Destroy You, It’s A Sin, and Sex Education. Her upcoming releases include Conversations With Friends, Dangerous Liaisons, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Empire of Light.
Ita has been interviewed or profiled by Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The Guardian, The Times, Elle, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and podcasts.
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