Intimacy, 9781529954043
Paperback
Transform your life through on-screen intimacy secrets and deeper human connection.

Intimacy

a field guide to finding connection and feeling your deep desires

$32.40

  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    2 June 2025

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Summary

Intimacy: Reclaiming Connection in Life and On Screen

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.

“A vital contribution to our understanding of intimacy both on screen and in life.” Gillian Anderson

From the initial spark of attraction when your eyes first meet, to spontaneousl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529954043
ISBN-10:1529954045
Author:Ita O'Brien
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:2 June 2025
Weight:381g
Dimensions:215mm x 134mm x 28mm
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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 AndersonO’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 *

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 (23 in 2021 alone!), including Normal People (BBC/Hulu), I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO), It’s A Sin (Channel 4/HBO) and Sex Education (Netflix), and upcoming releases include Conversations With Friends (BBC/Hulu), Dangerous Liaisons (Playground/Starz), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix/Blueprint Pictures; dir- Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre) and Empire of Light (Neal Street Productions/Searchlight; dir- Sam Mendes). Ita has been interviewed or profiled by Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Guardian, The Times, Elle, Entertainment Weekly and many others, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows, and podcasts.

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