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Linda Lovelace

Mike McGrady

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by Linda Lovelace (Author), Mike McGrady (Author)

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Good Girl. Obedient Wife.

Porn Slave.

Deep Throat Was Only The Beginning

Linda Boreman was just twenty-one when she met Chuck Traynor, the man who would change her life. Less than two years later, the girl who wouldnt let her high school dates get past first base was catapulted to fame she could never have imagined in her wildest dreamsor worst nightmares. Linda Boreman of Yonkers, New York, had become Linda Lovelace, international adult film superstar. The unprecedented success of Deep Throat made porn popular with the mainstream and made Lovelace a household name. But nobody, from the A-list celebrities who touted the movie to the audiences that lined up to see it, knew the truth about what went on behind the scenes.

Enslaved by the man who would eventually force her into marriage so that he could control her completely, Linda was beaten savagely with regularity, hypnotized, and raped. She was threatened with disfigurement and death. She was terrorized into prostitution at gun and knifepoint. She was forced to perform unspeakable perversions on film. She made Deep Throat under unimaginable duress.

Years later, Linda would come out of hiding to relate her side of the storya modern horror tale of humiliation, betrayal, and violence that would rock the porn industry and put its teller in fear for her life...

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Linda Lovelace became a household name in 1972, when Deep Throat became the first pornographic movie ever to cross over into the mainstream. Due to the success of Deep Throat, she appeared in Playboy, Bachelor, and even Esquire between 1973 and 1974. Soon after, Lovelace joined in with anti-pornography feminists led by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, and she testified before Attorney General Meeses Commission on Pornography in 1986. She died in Denver on April 22, 2002, due to severe injuries in a car accident.

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288 pages
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English
Publisher

Citadel
Publication date

January 1, 2006
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6.08 x 0.71 x 8.74 inches
ISBN-10

9780806527741
ISBN-13

978-0806527741
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Journalist and former syndicated columnist Mike McGrady (Newsday, Los Angeles Times) has written many books, and he was the chief catalyst for the bestselling novel Naked Came the Stranger.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0806527749
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Citadel (January 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780806527741
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806527741
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.08 x 0.71 x 8.74 inches

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Lin

Compelling, Disturbing Read

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2020

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Boreman and her co-author did such an amazing job of really illustrating how quickly and wholly a person can be broken. It was so shocking but also so easy to understand how it happened when you read his total control, taking even the most minute control from her--sleeping on top of her even, making her ask permission to go to the bathroom, coming in with her when she did. A young girl being told she is garbage and nothing, being used like trash, brutalised daily and in the most soul crushing ways possible. Pretty soon there is nothing but trying to survive to the next minute. People who don't understand or think she should have run away or at least not tried to lessen the abuse by smiling and doing what she was told obviously entirely lack an understanding of how fear and degradation work to break a person. The book moved quickly and was well-written and gave a complicated and horrifying story as direct a telling as possible.

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A lot of graphic detail, not enough reflection on abuse

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013

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I bought the book because I watched a movie about Linda Lovelace and for some reason her story touched me. The movie hinted that the book told the truth about the abuse she experienced, which it does, but in graphic detail. It's like reading porn in text and I didn't enjoy that part. There are glimpses of reflection that describe the cultivation of abuse and how it can easily happen to others. I like the fact that it's a perfect example of modern-day sex and human trafficking. But I almost feel that the way the book was written was mostly to give a shock value as if you're given tickets to a freak show. You know it's wrong, but for some reason you have a bit of entertainment regarding the horrible events she describes. I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it should have focused more on the psychology behind abuse instead of describing every horrible sexual event she experienced. (Also if you love dogs, you will squirm at the events she describes with dogs - disgusting and sad.)

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Radene

Courageous women who sets the record straight.

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019

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What a raw, honest, blow-by-blow account of the real woman behind "the legend." What the real " Linda" went through is an exercise in sheer survival of the will.

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Isabel

Interesting Find

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2013

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I remember Linda's movie Deep Throat and recently watched Lovelace (2013) depicting Linda's life. The book details a number of things not shown in Lovelace or it would have been rated XXX. Some of the reading is difficult because of what Linda endured with her husband. I don't have the words to describe Linda's husband. There is an interesting cast of characters in the book that may be a bit surprising to you. I'm about 80% done with the book, but I'm glad I decided to give it a read. I typically read love novels. Some other reviews of the book have been pretty harsh, but it was the time. I remember it well, and I remember the big deal with all of the X-rated movies coming to the big screen. People stood in lines for hours for these movies. If you saw the movie, get the book! Linda's death was also all too sad.

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Carol B. Johnson

Both fascinating and terrible

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014

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I remember all the furor that this movie produced. I never saw any of her movies, but I saw the movie made about her ordeal. That movie is what got me interested in reading this book. The movie doesn't begin to go into all the graphic horror that she endured at the hands of the man who said he loved her. The movie says she took a polygraph test to prove that her story was true. This book makes no mention of such a test. I believe she felt helpless in the same way that someone who is kidnapped feels helpless. None of the people she should have been able to turn to for help, for example, her parents, were there for her. It's a sad story and very hard to read in places. I'm glad I didn't read any of the earlier books which she says were lies designed to make money.

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Jenni

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013

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I wanted to read her book due to her movie coming out. While it seems she led a tragic life, she made some fairly bad decisions. Overall the writing was ok and she was pretty blunt about some things. However, it was slightly annoying that she would say she couldn't or wouldn't talk about something, then turn around and say ok maybe just one example- IN THE BOOK! That is so annoying. All of that should have been taken out because it gives the impression that she is not in control and somebody was trying to convince her to disclose things. Which they most likely were, but it also made me wonder how much was embellished for the sake of publishing. I like books about real-life people, but this one made me wonder how much was what really happened and how much was exaggerated. Now I understand what all the other reviews were talking about when they said she made some of the stuff up. She presents it that way in the book. So if it really happened the way it is in the book, it should have had an honest feel to it.

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Magz

Fantastic if very disturbing book. Thank god she got away.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2018

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A page turner that will have you wanting to put your hand through the pages and rescue Linda and save her from more pain and degradation. Definitely not a book that sponsors porn in any way. Well written and shocked me to the core. I just wish she had more time to enjoy the good times.

Pam

A shocking read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2016

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Gee what can I say - I really didn't have a clue what to expect when I read this. I was gripped by this book but at the same time I was shocked and felt deeply emotional whilst reading it. I almost wish I had not read it at times and felt further sadness when I further researched Linda Lovelace and found that her short life ended in tragedy.

Marisa

The truth and nothing but the truth.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2014

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How do you review a book that is so heart breaking yet you can't put it down? I brought this book after watching the film Lovelace. If you're thinking about reading this book I warn you beforehand Linda doesn't hold back, it is real, gritty and saddening, however with that said, throughout the book I was reaching out for her from start to finish. She is a beautiful woman and even though there were times where I was willing her to be strong and wanted to shake this lady and tell her to wake up!!! I realised that, wait minute, this actually happened, in real life years ago, and words cannot fathom what I would do if I were in her position. I must say I now sleep better knowing that in end she was gain happiness without spoiling anything. Please read this book if you want to know the truth and are not easily deterred by such honesty and want to understand the eventual will power of Linda!

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Sharon Dixon

Brilliant!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2013

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I bought this book after watching the movie Lovelace. I wanted to know more, I found it terribly disturbing the thought that people get excited about a person who starred in a porno, about how awful they feel about the fact she did it because she had too. I think deep throat should be deleted and every movie she was forced to be in, because it's basically condoning rape to watch these. Truly disturbing and I only hope that this stuff is wiped out that these folk who make and star in these things are doing so because they have chosen to and not forced.

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sarah hudson

A story of struggle and survival of the greatest level. Truly an inspirational read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2016

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A truly compelling and moving story about a women who is not as she seems. A story of struggle and survival of the greatest level. Truly an inspirational read. I highly recommend it!

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