Another chapter of The Almost Moon, another quick read of something less harrowing before I read the next one.

This is the true story of a mother that is 'driven' to prostitution by overwhelming debts and no viable alternative to save her family home and lifestyle. In that respect it should be sympathetic, but.... the family lifestyle wasn't exactly the breadline. A large family, 6 kids, but they're at private school with all the extra-curicula activities that go with it. Surely you'd put your kids into state school before deciding to go on the game. Maybe that's just the way I think, certainly 'Elizabeth' chooses self sacrifice rather than jeopardise her family's prospects and happiness. Admitedly, this is all wrapped up in her early years, a mother that didn't show affection and insisted on her children being quiet, tidy and generally not behaving like 'children'; a father that abused her. No wonder she wanted the best for her own children.

There's not that much more to say about it. It's a catalogue of her life as an escort, a little detail of some of her clients, but more a continuous.... 'look at what I did for my kids & see how happy & well adjusted they are'. Still, a quick and interesting read even if it did have a trite ending. One question lingers... now that their mother has gone into print about how she raised them, are the kids still 'happy & well asjusted'? ( )

I read the whole book, because when I start anything I cannot stop. I found the ending lacked depth. ( )

Too many conflicts in the authors state of mind, understood why she chose her path as an Escort Girl, but don't understand why she wrote about it, becuase the very ones she was trying to protect must now know.

Well what can I say. I had read a review of this book to say that there was no titilation in it at all - wrong. This book is just full of sexual detail and titilation. I came away from reading this book thinking what a daft woman this author was. Just how this woman thought that prostitution was preferable to downsizing her world and spending is a mystery to me. However it was a compelling read. Not particularly well written, but interesting all the same. If you fancy a very light, quick read with lots of sex in it - punctuated with little stories of home life and pity party paragrahps - go for it. ( )

http://tamaranth.blogspot.com/2006/03/17-call-me-elizabeth-dawn-annandale.html ( )