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The Pleasure's All Mine: Memoir of a Professional Submissive |
Author: Joan Kelly
Published: 2006-02-14 |
List price: $14.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Spectacularly Vanilla
Though the author seems to wield the background, humility and mindset to deliver the goods, this one stumbles straight out of the gate. Sadly, there isn't even enough titillating material to craft a decent Penthouse Letter. In sum, to go from "Carrie's Story" to "Pleasure's All Mine" is to slouch from wicked black leather to a plaid settee covered in plastic.
 Good book if not a bit whiney at times
A well written book and it was a fast read. Here is the the problem I had with this book... she presents herself as a submissive for hire/professional submissive in the summery and in the book it reads more like a woman in search of a husband/Master. She lacks the objectivity to do the job, falling in love with her clients, feeling depressed when they don't stay longer than what they have contracted her for. As disappointing a story as The Puppy Papers but better written.
 Disappointment
There is nothing I can say about this book that will improve it. It is a memoir and shouldn't be viewed as anything but that. One cannot learn the lifestyle from this book.
 Loved it
A page turner. I couldn't put it down. If you are looking for a graphic description of etreem sex this book isn't for you. The author does, however, skillfully reveal to the reader her hopes, fears and vulnerablilities as she pursues her career as a professional sub. Erotic enough to keep my attention, and then some. A great book for a nervous partner to read.
"I brought two kinds of cuffs."
When does a person go from asking why to why not? In a way, that is what Joan Kelly asks through out this memoir of her professional submission. At first, I wasn't so sure I liked Joan Kelly; she came across as aloof and subdued but then she is a submissive. Of course, you realize that she does have a strong will and certainly many personal opinions. I still don't know if I like her but I am most certainly intrigued by her.
"The Memoir of a Professional Submissive" begins with Joan's search to fulfill her desire to submit by attending a BDSM club demonstration. Unlike some, Joan already knows she needs to pursue a submissive role to gain sexual gratification. She's seeking out her fulfillment unsure how to go about it. After stumbling through a few awkward situations she finally ends up at a commercial dungeon for BDSM as a professional submissive. Joan Kelly grants us the privilege of sharing in her journey as a professional submissive. You might not like the journey she takes or the situations she puts herself in but you will certainly be compelled to read each page with pensive interest.
Joan Kelly writes of her journey with wonderful ease and a tempered pace that lends itself nicely to the gradual penetration in to the lifestyle of a professional submissive. This is not some pumped up porn fantasy but a small opening into an alternative lifestyle one woman takes to feel gratification and pay the rent. You can't help feel that this woman was no victim of circumstance but an explorer of self, which brings us back to the question of why or why not. Some of the actions in this book goes beyond what is accepted by the majority and at the same time you read it and societies morality isn't all that important to the discovery of self.
I felt a lot of emotion reading this book. Joan Kelly emblazons her every whim, care, opinion, and most of all her vulnerability into the pages of her memoir. There is a casualness to her writing that lends itself to an intimacy that is rare and delightful.
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