In My Skin - Brossura

Holden, Kate

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1841959316 ISBN 13: 9781841959313

Casa editrice: Canongate Books Ltd., 2007

Riassunto

I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A middle-aged man looking at me. 'Hi,' I said. 'How are you'. Kate Holden is accustomed to being summed up at a glance: arts graduate, history buff, middle-class daughter, dreamer, innocent. But she is a young woman who understands better than most the secrets that people keep hidden. In My Skin follows her journey from her reputation as a 'good girl' in the safe and leafy suburbs of Melbourne to the all-consuming attractions of heroin and the sex industry. This is a story of survival and resourcefulness; an unflinching look at the consequences of addiction. Holden's journey leads her from a sheltered life in her loving family home to a world of sex for money - a seedy netherworld of back lanes, backseats and brothels. More than just a fearless and compelling narrative, In My Skin is a triumphant announcement of a major new literary talent.

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• Editore: Canongate Books Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1841959316
• ISBN 13: 9781841959313
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304