There are her three marriages, the book, Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm, she wrote with her third, now ex-, husband Mark Levinson and her latest, now defunct, relationship with Alan Wyse, a chef 20 years her junior.
A compelling case for the "power of novelty" has been made by Gregory Berns, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine, in his book, "Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment".
"I think some of the qualities we once attributed to neurotics have simply been normalized," said Peter N. Stearns, a historian at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and author of the forthcoming book "Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society".
(The actress recently parted ways with husband Mark Levinson Mark Levinson, co-author of the book Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm, whom Cattrell described as a sexual "artist").
Cattrall wrote all about getting off in her 2002 book, "Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm".
But, as with McDermott's other books, its satisfactions lie not so much in its story as in its language, which is glorious, and in McDermott's capacity for sympathetic imagination with the inhabitants of the world onto which she opens a window.
His books include "Career Satisfaction and Success: How to Know and Manage Your Strengths" (JISD, 1995).
Upon finishing, she closed the book with great satisfaction.
The inveterate record collector's gaze travels over the image in the book, registering quiet satisfaction.
Has your relationship with the book, or your satisfaction with it, changed in the past ten years?
