Helpful Score: 5
A wounded adult tells her story, and if you're thinking it's racy or sexy, you'll be disappointed. Her revealing story often gave me an upset stomach. Sometimes Traci Elizabeth Lord's simplistic writing seemed to have too many cliches but it helped me to believe the story is truly written in her own words. Lord was an abused, molested and neglected child turned insecure teen turned porn star turned drug addict.(While reading the book I wondered what this beautiful woman might have become if she had received proper male affection and real fatherly love?) Some critics of the book doubt Traci's specific memories, details and conversations as a child (especially with her father.) I had no trouble believing her memories. Bad, scary and hurtful memories are often stronger than the good ones. Remarkably, I can remember events and words spoken more than 30 years ago so I didn't doubt Lord's memories. Because they were painful I've moved on but they are always there reminding me of my vulnerability and even by the end of Lord's book, her own vulnerability can be felt. Lord's early memories are fascinating. Through the eyes of a child she witnessed her parents violent relationship and eventual divorce. Her well-intentioned mother couldn't get it right and early in the book I wanted her mother's boyfriend to rot in hell. Readers learn about her short-lived life in the sexually explicit porn world but I don't think she wrote the book to impress anyone with that, she wrote the book to heal her childhood wounds.
Helpful Score: 2
I had heard about the scandal in the media, Traci Lords, underage porn star, the princess of porn, but it hadn't occur to me that she had entered the world of pornography unwillingly, a victim of sexual abuse, neglect. Being so young and naive, she was greedily exploited, a child of the night. It's no wonder she abused drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. I understood her need to defend herself after all these years with this tell all book, make peace with her past, put it behind her. I'm glad she found happiness and success as a serious actress and recording artist, an interesting book with many photos of Traci Lords.
Helpful Score: 1
If you want to find out the real truth about the "teen queen of porn" read this book. It's an eye opener.
Helpful Score: 1
Well written I think it speaks to a lost generation of kids who were being raised in hard times by young single mothers.Traci speaks to the lost little girls who find themselves abused or ignored by all the people who should be there to have helped them. The porn part is just a fragment of a shattered life slowly put back on track.
Helpful Score: 1
Actually a pretty interesting read, if you like the juicy hollywood lives and gossip.
