This book cover image provided by Vintage Books shows “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E L James.The searing summer heat is nearly over. But for many Chattanooga women, and some men, these sunny months were much steamier than expected.
Leigh Ann Lingerfelt, a 44-year-old single mother, said she isn’t sure she’ll ever look at the world the same after tearing through the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy in 10 nights.
“It just made me look at people differently,” she said. “You never know what they do behind closed doors.”
She said she spent three or four hours a day, waiting until her son was asleep or napping, reading the books.
“I was obsessed with it,” she said, giggling. “It was like reading a train wreck. I have never read anything as crazy as that. I could not believe she was writing all this stuff down.”