From Publishers Weekly
In this unnecessary sequel to
Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl, Nancy Chan;now 30-something and newly wed to WASP banker Matt;is still working. She pretends to be a freelance copyeditor studying French, but maintains her old apartment for clients; she's even in therapy on the sly. Juggling her fake life with her kinky one (described in raw detail, not for the squeamish), Nancy is increasingly stressed out. On top of her carefully choreographed days ("Hooking is like backgammon. Dating and marriage are like chess"), Matt is pressuring her to get pregnant, and her friend Allie, a sex worker activist, is about to blow the covers of working girls everywhere by seeking media attention for her cause. And Matt, it turns out, may have some secrets of his own. Quan makes Nancy eloquent on the vicissitudes of her sessions with clients, but tiresome dialogue, lots of banal Nancy-to-client and Nancy-to-husband e-mails, and a light plot pretty much sink the book. The cover calls this "A Nancy Chan Novel," however, which means there's probably more to... come.
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Review
“Winning and warm, this book is a gleeful romp through the world of the married call girl. Tracy Quan is a great talent.” —Molly Jong-Fast, author of
Normal Girl and
Girl [Maladjusted]“Love, sex, money, marriage, lies, infidelity, shopping, and strap-ons. What more could you ask for in a novel?” —David Henry Sterry, bestselling author of
Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent“A delicious peek into a very secret world—sexy and suspenseful. I was pulled in from the start and absolutely fascinated—titillated!—until the end!” —Candida Royalle, author of
How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do“In this unique and sexy novel, Tracy Quan gives readers a rare peek at what it’s like to live a double life.” —Kyra Davis, author of
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte
"A salty, saucy concoction" —
The New York Times
"Chick lit, meet trick lit" —
Time Out New York
"A new perspective on infidelity and modern marriage" —
The Boston Globe
"Quan has a gift for turning out irreverent witty novels on the sex trade... probably the only chick lit writer to discuss indentured labor, sex worker rights and the proper purse in which to carry a dildo." —
Reason
"Continues the vicarious sluttiness that readers enjoyed in the first book" —
Washington Post
"A peccadillo-esque journey of titillating trysts, marital infidelity and financial prowess." —
Our Town
"Satirizes the tricky dynamics between sex workers" —
New York Press
"Addictive... unapologetically realistic" —
$pread
"Quan has staying power and her book deserves a place in everyone's bedroom -- and bookshelf." —
Ottawa X Press
"Stereotype-busting." —
The Ottawa Sun
"A brutal satire of conspicuous consumption" —
New York Times Book Review
