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Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work
Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work | Charlotte Shane
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Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tender reckoning of what it means to be a heterosexual woman and a feminist in a misogynistic society. "A memoir of sex work that is also a poignant love story." --The Washington Post In her early twenties, Charlotte Shane quit her women's studies graduate program to devote herself to sex work because it was a way to devote herself to men. Her lifelong curiosity about male lust, love, selfishness, and social capital dovetailed with her own insatiable desire for intimacy to sustain a long career in escorting, with unexpectedly poignant results. Shane uses her personal and professional history to examine how men and women struggle in their attempts at romantic and sexual bonding, no matter how true their intentions. As she takes stock of her relationships--with clients, with her father, with friends, with married men, and later, with her own husband--she tells a candid and haunting tale of love, marriage, and (in)fidelity, as seen through the eyes of the perpetual "other woman." Braiding the personal and the universal, Shane's memoir is a merciless and moving love letter to straight men and an indictment of habitual dishonesty, a condemnation of every social constraint acting on heterosexual unions, and a hopeful affirmation of the possibility for true connection between men and women.
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This short book reflects the history of one woman who spent many years as a sex worker. We learn her history growing up and what led her into this line of work. We learn about her long term relationship with a client and we also learn who she is today. Several insights into men and relationships hit home.

@Chelsea.Poole Ran right out and got this one. Thanks for a very interesting read!

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A short and unapologetic memoir of a woman who made a living (read:a killing) performing sex work. She describes her early experiences with boys and sex and how fascinating she felt when she had their attention. Fast forward some years to working as a cam girl, and for a madame before working on her own and taking on clients. One client, Roger, features prominently in the book and she describes their close bond and relationship.

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