false <![CDATA[The Kind of Girl I Am]]> 2658618 1 <br><i>The Kind of Girl I Am</i> chronicles the bawdy adventures of Vestal Jenkins. Born in a dreary Kentucky coal camp during the Great Depression, Vestal uses her one natural resource--her extraordinary beauty--as her ticket out of poverty. Vestal's bawdy adventures include a brief period of religious piety, a loveless but lucrative marriage, an unsatisfactory stint as a shopgirl and a financially rewarding foray into the world's oldest profession. <br><br>This last venture leads Vestal to find her true profession--as the madam of the most notorious brothel in Knoxville, Tennessee. Spanning decades, <i>The Kind of Girl I Am</i> humorously explores the changing sexual and social mores of the South and depicts an extraordinary woman's experiences of triumph, heartbreak, friendship and forbidden love. 2683840 30 1 2008 The Kind of Girl I Am total:6|5:1|4:5| 6 25 15 0 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 19:20:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:20:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 16:14:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:14:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 14:30:33 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 21:27:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 05:30:28 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 00:15:53 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 05:30:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 10:25:25 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 10:25:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 15:11:25 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:11:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 19:34:54 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 19:34:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 09:47:15 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 11:44:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:47:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 03 20:11:55 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 20:11:55 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 21 00:21:51 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 00:21:51 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 20:25:13 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 12:42:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue May 06 12:15:11 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 12:15:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue May 06 10:11:20 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 10:11:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 26 22:44:21 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 22:44:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Feb 03 18:18:03 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 18:18:03 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2658618