Scandalous

by Laura D.

Laura is a bright and ambitious language student at a top university in France. She is also broke. Surfing the internet one evening, she stumbles across an adult website that might just hold the answer to her financial problems - pages of personal ads offering money in exchange for 'female company'. On impulse she responds to one of them ...and then another and another. When a man called Joe contacts her, prepared to pay 150 for an hour-long meeting, she nervously agrees to his request. Joe will be the first of many clients - men of all ages with urgent needs. And Laura will surprise even herself as she submits to their often bizarre demands in hotel rooms and apartments. But the pressures of leading a double life as student and call girl, and the increasing possessiveness of Joe soon begin to take their toll. In her first year at university, 19-year-old Laura is set to learn more about men, money, sex and herself than she could ever have imagined.

Genres: Nonfiction

230 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 2009

Reviews

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laura D was a student in France who turned to prostitution to help pay her way through university. This is the story of that time in her life. The end of the book is an academic study on students who sell themselves in order to continue their studies.

[Kali B · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found Laura really unlikeable. Whether it's the translator that let's her story down and paints her poorly or she's just not my cup of tea I can't tell.

I found it really hard to have any sympathy for her. Her ego pissed me off and the victim mentality coupled with the refusal of help made me roll my eyes.

[Leia Diabla · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is about 19 years old French student, works as a part time call girl to pay for her studies.