A Best Memoir of 2015, “This memoir is compulsively readable and full of humor and heart.”—AdoptiveFamilies.com “A punk rock Scheherazade” (Margaret Cho) shares the zigzagging path that took her from harem member to PTA member… In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei’s harem, an experience she immortalized in in her bestselling memoir, SOME GIRLS. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act was learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs. After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him—and herself—feel safe and at home in the world. Exploring complex ideas of identity and reinvention, Everything You Ever Wanted is a must-read for everyone, especially every mother, who has ever hoped for a second act in life.

Author Laila Lucent talks about The Yoga Stripper: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6or4gU0L9k Interview with Laila Lucent on Penn Jillette's podcast, Penn's Sunday School (Of Penn and Teller)(Ep 58: In Porn You Get Two Names): http: //pennsundayschool.com/page/episodes "Healthy eating, daily yoga, a determined mental attitude, and getting a lot of money off of wasted men on weekends is the key to success." Jobless, heartbroken, and broke, new college graduate Laila Lucent packs up her car and drives alone across the country to her new life as a Las Vegas stripper. In an empowering, intelligent, and hilarious memoir of self-discovery, 22-year-old Laila takes us deep inside the best, most infamous, strip club in Las Vegas, the Spearmint Rhino. From living with homeless drug addicts, to practicing yoga on the beaches of Costa Rica, from threesomes with wealthy foreigners, to dancing at the best music festivals in the world, The Yoga Stripper is a wickedly funny reverse fairy tale where morality is flexible, money is fast, and clothing is discouraged. http: //www.theyogastripper.com/

Possibly the best book ever written about an American magazine editor, this biography offers a 3-D view of the assassinations, the student riots, the counterculture, the politicians, the pop icons and the war that made the 60s America's unforgettable decade. Under the aegis of former Marine Harold Hayes, Esquire helped turn journalists, editors and photographers like Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Raymond Carver, Michael Herr, John Berendt and Diane Arbus into celebrities in their own right. Polsgrove's brilliant book, often resembling an Esquire cover story, offers a warts and all portrait of Hayes. Afterword by Ben Bagdikian.

A Relationship Memoir With a Self-Help Twist. A non-fiction relationship and sexual freedom self-help book with transparent intimate personal stories that demonstrate real life lessons. Workbook is included after each of the 28 chapters. The author is a natural, functional medicine nurse who gives life hacks on finding inner peace and an authentic outer smile in the areas of physical, mental, emotional, and relationship health. The Smile on My Face is a series of stories with Cheri, a holistic healer, living an alternative approach to open relationships. Cheri’s transparent process reveals belief-shattering insights as she navigates: · Releasing sexual shame · Responsible communication · Polyamory = more love · Attachment vs. connection · Untangling jealousy · Holistic health · Choosing freedom over suffering · Expanding the capacity to feel bliss

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