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The Passion of Terri Heart

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The Passion of Terri Heart is a truly crazy modern saint's life that moves along so fast you're grateful when a huge blizzard finally forces Terri, the central character, to spend three quiet days and nights with Michael Bruno, the skeptical teller of her story. And it's a good, readable story. Terri is an actress in porn films but also a genuinely loving person who wants to redeem the world, or at least some of the lost souls around her. The novel has explicit scenes about the making of x-rated films as well as scenes of genuine passion and intellectual discussion, so its not meant for prudes or dummies.

Mirabelli has created amazing characters, and his writing is so sensuous and visual that it's like watching a movie. Five stars for this one.

This is a strange, quick, and surprisingly powerful book. It was endorsed by a religious social critic and a woman known for her photographs of porn scenes, which is not a combination you usually find. The story is about a shabby porn star (Terri Heart) who's also a kind of savior of losers and lost souls. She's certainly not a saint , but in her own generous (maybe a bit too generous), open-hearted way she does help the walking wounded of this world. The story is told by a brainy but skeptical or maybe even cynical older man, Michael Bruno, who is saved even as he tries to save Terri Heart. This very fast, readable book unapologetically shows how to make a pornographic movie and at the same time how to love, how to put together a family, how live a better life. Five stars.