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Lädt ... Calling Outvon Rae Meadows
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A woman decides to answer phones for an escort agency and shortly thereafter makes the plunge into escorting. There are a few truly awe-inspiring moments in the book, and I've read some of Meadows's short stories (which are good), so I think that she's at least an author to watch. ( ) I was really surprised to love this book. The protagonist, Jane, is so lost and hopeless in her life in New York City that she picks up and takes off. She ends up in Salt Lake City, Utah where she works the phones for an escort agency. Her struggle with who she feels she is and the life she is actually living hits so close to home that I just fell in love with her character. She is not perfect, but she doesn't claim to be. She is so human and fragile, just like me, just like you, just like every one of us. The setting is an escort service in Salt Lake City. Jane answers the phone there and sends the girls out on "dates." Jane had what seemed to be a successful life in New York City on the surface but was miserable inside so purged herself of all of her material things and moved to Salt Lake City and a completely different life. The book is about her search for that different life. Could have done without the graphic scenes involving the clients' fetishes, but it was a quick read with well-written characters. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A smart, sexy debut about a young woman coming to terms with a life she hadn’t planned. After being dumped by her boyfriend, Jane quits her job in New York City, drives west, and lands in Salt Lake City, where she takes a job answering phones at a Mormon-endorsed escort agency. As Jane struggles to find companionship and purpose in her new surroundings, she mothers the escorts and flirts with callers. But the pull of mystery and danger is too great. Boundaries begin to blur, and Jane inches toward a place that would have once been unthinkable: She becomes an escort. Shifting between self-doubt and confidence, uncertainty and adrenaline, Jane descends into the lonely world of sexual commerce and discovers – through her “bad” behavior – a new sense of self. With convincing, atmospheric prose, Meadows captures both the landscape and politics of Utah, the ironies of America’s heartland, and reminds us that clarity and community can be found in the most unlikely places. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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