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Loading... The Education of a Very Young Madam (edition 2009)by Ma-Ling Lee (Author), Christa Bourg (Contributor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Ma-Ling Lee writes of her adoption from Korea to a upper-middle class family in the States at age six and how she ended up running away when she was thirteen and her parents had divorced. The book is well-written and laid out; Lee's honesty both about her situation and her own agency within it make for a fascinating and, at times, a heart-rending read. What came through, for me, was her resilience and learning from her mistakes - not something many people do. ( ) This book was not quite what I expected. I guess that I expected more of a look inside a whorehouse, or prostitution. The book tells the story of an adopted girl from Korea who runs away and doesn't really look back. Eye opening in a way, because if these were her options then, how much worse is it for runaways now? There is a little insider patter, but not until late in the book. I wanted to hear more about weird johns or personal stories of the prostitutes. Overall, not bad, quite interesting in places. no reviews | add a review
Full of juicy details about what really goes on behind the bedroom door, The Education of a Very Young Madam is a provocative exposé of the newest developments in the world's oldest profession. A stripper at age fifteen, involved with majorleague gang members before she was twenty, and a madam raking in over $20,000 a day only a few years later, Ma-Ling Lee has a tale to tell about life. The Education of a Very Young Madam is the compulsively readable, fast-paced story of how Ma-Ling Lee went from living in a comfortable Connecticut suburb to founding a lucrative but illegal "escort service." Korean born and adopted by an American family, Ma-Ling began her career in the sex business at the age of thirteen. "Taken in" by strippers, pimps, and prostitutes, she soon became an expert at negotiating the hard-and-fast ways of life on the streets. Ma-Ling's natural knack for marketing and managing a business led her to open her first brothel at the age of sixteen. After the police shut her down, she knew it was time to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the anonymity of the Internet. She bought her first Internet mailing list, set up an offshore server, and targeted a huge middleclass clientele. And business thrived. In her own frank and candid voice, Ma-Ling describes the difficulties -- and the economic advantages -- of running an illegal business. From clients' outrageous and often hilarious fetishes to the hardships of living off the grid to the heartbreak of watching friends get destroyed by drug addiction, Ma-Ling refuses to shy away from the truth of what the prostitution business has become. The madam explains how technology has not only revolutionized the sex industry but also regulated business by ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency. The business has never been better. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.742092Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Sex work Female sex workers Female sex workers by placeLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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