Confessions of a Part-time Call Girl.

by Barbara Ignoto, Larry Miller

The sensational, true story of a woman who earned money performing sex for how she got started and then kept her double life secret from her family, friends and boyfriend, and an uncensored account of her wildly erotic adventures.

Paperback

First published December 1, 1986

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a slim volume -- only about 150 pages, which rather surprised me. I expected it to be longer and, truth be told, much better than it was. It is pretty much just porn, and not even very well written porn. I was hoping the author would discuss more of how she lead this "double life" (which she did touch on a little) and how she justified it, especially considering some of her clients were married men. I suppose I was hoping for a little remorse, a little guilt, something to acknowledge that she was enabling these men to cheat on their wives and that she, herself, was cheating on her boyfriends. There is none of that in the book at all. At times she bemoans the fact that she can't have a more emotional relationship with her clients, at others she seems to rejoice in the freedom she has with them. I suppose she could feel both ways at the same time, but it seems to me as if she was still wrestling with some bigger issues.

I suppose I was also hoping to read something about her that would endear me to her, make her a person I may geuinely like outside of her chose profession. The lack of guilt or remorse put me off, but I was more affected by her responses to what were very fair accusations placed by the men she was dating at the time. She cames across at outrageously angry when accused by boyfriends of "acting like a whore in bed" and "being materialistic". She herself admitted that she had become freer sexually after turning tricks - maybe her boyfriend didn't put it as tactfully as she would have liked, but it was a truthful statement. As for the materialistic side, she admitted that she wasn't satisifed in her relationship with a man because he was "poor" and they argued over going to expensive places, etc. Her indignation at having a spade called a spade aggrivated me.

Overall, it's hard to say what I thought of the book. Not what I expected, that's for sure. Since this book was originally published in the '80s, it would be interesting to read where she is now.

[Miranda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird stuff, written in the '80s.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A self-proclimed call girl gives a look into the life of prostitution.