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The Happy Hooker: My Own Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Xaviera Hollander
Publisher: ReganBooks,U.S.
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
Buy New: £3.26
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 70710
Media: Paperback
Edition: 30th Anniversary Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060014164
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.742092
EAN: 9780060014162
ASIN: 0060014164
Publication Date: August 8, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new books, maps and cd's available immediately from a reputable and well rated UK bookseller - not sent from the USA; despatched promptly and reliably worldwide by Royal Mail; some very heavy items may go surface but we email first
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Memoir that has aged pretty well - it's still pretty eye-opening! June 10, 2008
Although `The Happy Hooker' is over thirty years old it is still much better than most of the modern books that profess to be true life memoirs. Xaviera Hollander still writes for Penthouse and this book details her early life, how she `fell into' prostitution and eventually how she became a Madam.
Even for people who have read many of the current books on prostitution, there is plenty in here to challenge your views and morality and also enough to provoke a raised eyebrow or two! Xaviera appears to believe that there are no boundaries as far is sex is concerned and therefore seduces both her uncle and her sister's husband; sets out to seduce young virgins for fun; has ex with a wide range of different women; as well as talking about her work as a prostitute (who knew that some men `get off' on having their legs bound together so they can be treated like a mermaid - I certainly didn't!)
The book is interesting and informative. I imagine that it would be most appropriately found under the mattress of adolescent boys, but having said that, if you like to read memoirs involving prostitution than this is probably one of the best.
It is a shame that most things are described as `groovy', but hey it was the 70s!
 Worth a read June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since reading the happy hooker in 2005 I try to find another book which is written as well as this one about the oldest business. She is not afraid to say how things are and doesn't leave the bad stories out. I absolute enjoyed reading this book and wish there would be more book like this which are written with style (forget all these pseudo call girl books - this is so much better)
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