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Callgirl

by Jeannette L. Angell

ISBN: 1579621104
ISBN-13: 9781579621100
Format: Hardcover

Summary

When an adjunct prof at a college in Massachusetts was hard up for money, she began working as an "escort," i.e. a call girl, making $140 an hour-a far cry from her piddling teaching salary. Surprisingly, the job offered more than good money-an incomparable look at a fascinating parade of people-but it was not without its dangers, and she found it difficult to combine her two very different professions. In the end, teaching won out, and in this entertaining memoir she explains why-and provides a colorful picture of an unusual slice of life.

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"While this reads like a memoir, a faint suspicion lingers that it could be fiction, like the author's previous work. Either way, it provides a revelatory view of a life few women know much about."

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Permanent Pr Pub Co
Published date: 2004
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.95 pounds
Pages: 248

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Hardcover - Permanent Pr Pub Co (2004) - from $5.49
Paperback Reprint - Harpercollins (2005) - from $8.50

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