Kate holden s memoir the tale of a good melbourne girl who becomes a heroinaddicted prostitute mostly avoids the romanticism that often plagues such stories. Her drugs and prostitution memoir, in my skin, has sold 80,000 copies in a decade, but kate holden insists it was her ordinariness that gave it power. The book really changed my preconceptions about sex workers. Shes not averse to shock value and in my skin contains occasionally lurid moments, but not at the cost of genuine fidelity to the finer points of her experience. The road to junkiedom and prostitution is littered with cliches. Very well written book about a former heroin addict and prostitute who has turned her life around.
Kate holden is accustomed to being summed up at a glance. More than just a fearless and compelling narrative, in my skin is the triumphant announcement of a new talent in australian writing. This is the frank, harrowing, and true story of one young womans descent into. An intensely honest memoir of life as an addict follows the onetime arts graduate, history buff, middleclass daughter, dreamer, and innocent into the allconsuming attractions of heroin and the depths of the sex industry, as well as the family love and personal determination that helped her defeat the drug, in a powerful story of degradation and redemption.
Some wonderful insights into the world of commercialized sex and its customers, and of course the ladies in this industry. Available in the national library of australia collection. Kate holden was born in 1972 and graduated from the university of melbourne. In my skin describes an extraordinary journey through an often hidden world of heroin and prostitution. She completed an honours degree in classics and literature at the university of melbourne and a graduate diploma in professional writing and editing. Kilda and then moves onto the legal brothel system to support her habit. Written by kate holden, audiobook narrated by christy lynn. Kate holden s detailed and descriptive story of her life as a junkie is a mustread for. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The substanceabuse memoir has become such a staple that its difficult to remember a time when this.
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Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read in my skin. Books go search your store deals store gift cards sell. Kate s story is one of survival and resourcefulness, and an unflinching look at the consequences of addiction. In my skin decribes with breathtaking lyricism and brutal honesty kate s journey through an alien world of heroin and prostitution. In my skin this is the frank, harrowing, and true story of one young womans descent into addiction and prostitution, and the long arduous struggle to reclaim her life. A shy, bookish college graduate, a nice girl from a solid middleclass home but uncertain of her way in life, kate holden tried her first hit of heroin as a onetime experimentan adventure with friendsbut the drug took over. A memoir covers approximately ten tumultuous years in the life of holden, propelling the unsuspecting reader from the world of academia, book shops and the comfort of middleclass suburbia, into the almost incomparable sphere of drunkenness, drug addiction and sexual debauchery, which, for holden, became a stifling daily reality. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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