Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power

Charlotte Kasl. Harper Paperbacks, $15 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-06-097321-6

Certain women (and men) use sex addictively as a substitute for love, nurture or power, according to Minneapolis psychologist Kasl. ``Crammed with case histories, diagrams and therapeutic suggestions, this study draws on her work with members of two organizations: Sex Addicts Anonymous, and Co-Dependents of Sex Addicts, a group for partners of so-called sex addicts,'' wrote PW. (June)

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