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A Prostitute's Guide to Success: My Life, Struggles and Successes
The influx of technology into Silicon Valley brought unaccustomed luxuries to many residents, along with a craving for fast money and sex. As a young single mother, Tanisha Nicole Billops worked in this flashy setting for years. But at age twenty-seven, she found herself in financial ruin, contemplating suicide. What went so wrong so quickly?
This honest personal account goes deep into the author's past, starting with her beloved grandparents' story, and depicts her experiences coming of age as an African American woman in San Jose.
Billops had to grow up quickly in a world that wouldn't cut her any breaks. A professional model at the age of fourteen, she dealt with depression and used promiscuity as a way to fit in. As she made her way in the alluring culture of Silicon Valley's rich and famous, she spent time as an exotic dancer, a prostitute, and a girlfriend of NFL players.
In this powerful memoir, Billops relates her struggles with poverty, racism, and other obstacles with the brutal honesty of someone who dealt with the challenges head on. The self-acceptance and success she ultimately found along her bumpy journey will inspire readers who are facing adversity to carry on.
This honest personal account goes deep into the author's past, starting with her beloved grandparents' story, and depicts her experiences coming of age as an African American woman in San Jose.
Billops had to grow up quickly in a world that wouldn't cut her any breaks. A professional model at the age of fourteen, she dealt with depression and used promiscuity as a way to fit in. As she made her way in the alluring culture of Silicon Valley's rich and famous, she spent time as an exotic dancer, a prostitute, and a girlfriend of NFL players.
In this powerful memoir, Billops relates her struggles with poverty, racism, and other obstacles with the brutal honesty of someone who dealt with the challenges head on. The self-acceptance and success she ultimately found along her bumpy journey will inspire readers who are facing adversity to carry on.
264 pages, Paperback
Published October 13, 2016
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January 16, 2017
I received this book free from Good Reads.
This seems to be the story of a young woman trying to prove that she is a success. She spends the first half of the book telling us about all her friends & an abortion & the birth of her son seem to just be slipped in. She spends a lot of time describing the colour of their skin, their hairstyles, their clothes etc.
She then goes on to describe her various jobs & to me none of them are really what I would call successful. She seems like a butterfly flitting from one thing to another. She is obviously an intelligent person, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in "Human Relations" but apart from the time she spent in real estate (where she had money, spent it on big houses & cars) & was left with nothing.
At the end she ventures into the world of teaching -- I wonder how long it will be before she tries another venture. Oh yes she has ventured into the world of being a writer, but in my opinion not very successfully.
This seems to be the story of a young woman trying to prove that she is a success. She spends the first half of the book telling us about all her friends & an abortion & the birth of her son seem to just be slipped in. She spends a lot of time describing the colour of their skin, their hairstyles, their clothes etc.
She then goes on to describe her various jobs & to me none of them are really what I would call successful. She seems like a butterfly flitting from one thing to another. She is obviously an intelligent person, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in "Human Relations" but apart from the time she spent in real estate (where she had money, spent it on big houses & cars) & was left with nothing.
At the end she ventures into the world of teaching -- I wonder how long it will be before she tries another venture. Oh yes she has ventured into the world of being a writer, but in my opinion not very successfully.
January 4, 2017
Goodreads win.
I was so happy to ein this book. It was one of the ones I really wanted to receive. This was a telli NH read. Caltivating from start to finish. It had highs and lows. Written well. Something that really opened my eyes and made me more open minded to this subject.
I was so happy to ein this book. It was one of the ones I really wanted to receive. This was a telli NH read. Caltivating from start to finish. It had highs and lows. Written well. Something that really opened my eyes and made me more open minded to this subject.
March 26, 2017
Goodreads win. I was looking forward to read about a prostitute's life, but it's not. Even the cover (which is, by far, the uglyess I've seen in years), what she wears suggested this. The book in general was an ok read, but it's completely different than I thougth it would be.
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