false 3434157 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 3434157 1 3475156 26 2 2009 Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object total:29|5:20|4:5|3:2|2:2|1:0| 29 130 109 11 3528 4.38 104 31 52935595 2228561 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 5 1 false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:18:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:21:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49906189 2141174 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 3 0 false Fri Mar 20 16:47:59 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:38:25 -0700 2009
The memoir details her experiences as an art model. I was sold on checking it out by her use of classical references (Pliny, for one)to the life of artists' models.

So far the prose is light, breezy an...more...]]> 50653290 1639098 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 5 1 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:35:19 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:44:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45527901 693662 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 21:00:59 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 22:46:52 -0800 2009
I think the best thi...more...]]> 75399933 1375445 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 4 0 false Thu Oct 22 13:18:44 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 13:20:27 -0700 2009 1 71061250 1022751 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 5 0 false Sun Sep 13 09:33:37 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 09:35:04 -0700 2009 59227241 781231 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Jun 10 20:03:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 20:04:03 -0700 2009 53892413 313068 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 5 0 false Fri Apr 24 21:51:01 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 21:52:39 -0700 2009 45346085 1701079 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Feb 04 07:27:54 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 10:48:47 -0700 2009
In any case if you have an opportunity to hear Ms Rooney read don't miss it she...more...]]> 48472603 1116784 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Thu Jul 09 22:38:04 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 19:44:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 22:38:04 -0700 2009 44842731 476719 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 4 0 false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 30 06:59:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:31:38 -0700 2009 82283095 163191 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Dec 28 07:38:40 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 28 07:38:40 -0800 2009 82229237 40133 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Sun Dec 27 17:51:56 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 27 17:51:56 -0800 2009 81081345 264827 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 15 08:26:51 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 08:26:51 -0800 2009 80285112 2172697 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 08 07:39:17 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 07:39:17 -0800 2009 80194358 1209392 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Dec 07 12:45:35 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 12:45:35 -0800 2009 79562908 884135 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 01 14:50:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 14:50:00 -0800 2009 79472922 45006 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 18:23:57 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 18:23:57 -0800 2009 79388626 1289001 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artists' model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 05:49:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 05:49:54 -0800 2009 75968863 2207141 3434157 1557288917 9781557288912 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3434157.Live_Nude_Girl_My_Life_as_an_Object 4.48 29 Live Nude Girl is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling -- "that spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance" -- as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. 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