Mexican Hooker #1: And My Other Roles Since the Revolution

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I would really recommend this, but vivid descriptions may be traumatic for survivors of sexual violence. To have my immigrant story disbelieved by the mainstream since arriving in Canada, to have hidden my true identity during my underground years in South America, to have the man who changed the course of my intimate, erotic life deny that he was the antagonist of one of my key narratives. Although I normally never read biography type books I found this honestly funny, sad and relevant all at the same time.

I always find memoirs difficult to rate and review however because they contain such personal and subjective stories.There were spells of crying every night; there were spells of physical violence toward her partners.

A lot of her references also lacked context so I felt very lost at times and was tempted to just skim over parts of the book. All the embarrassing, sad, happy, or frightening personal actions and events we remember, retell, dismiss, or suppress, greatly determine the way we act and react for the rest of our lives. C. Performers 2011 Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award, the 2012 Langara College Outstanding Alumnae Award, and has been nominated for the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, the Dora Mavor Moore Award, and the prestigious Siminovitch Prize. First off this book is largely about her dealing with the trauma of her childhood rape, but she handles it with delicacy, and I think that is a large part of what makes it seem challenging and interesting. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.I work with a wide variety of consultants, coaches, and counselors, with wide-spanning areas of expertise. But the fact of the matter is that the book is not well written, rambling descriptive passages and overuse of metaphors just destroyed the writing for me.