In My Skin: A Memoir (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for In My Skin The author is accustomed to being summed up at a glance: arts graduate, history buff, middle-class daughter, dreamer, innocent. This title 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.
Full description- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
- Published: 25 January 2007
- Format: Paperback 304 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Autobiography: General | Memoirs | True Stories Of Heroism, Endurance & Survival | Coping With Drug & Alcohol Abuse
- ISBN 13: 9781841959313 ISBN 10: 1841959316
- Sales rank: 1,771
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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.
