{"product_id":"pretty-baby-chris-belcher-9781804440643","title":"Pretty Baby","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;FINALIST FOR THE 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LESBIAN MEMOIR\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A muscular, canny memoir . . . I couldn't put it down. What a fucking gorgeous book' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;CARMEN MARIA MACHADO\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Entertaining' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New York Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Absolutely not to be missed' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Vogue\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A gripping story' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Esquire\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Chris Belcher appeared destined for a life of conventional femininity after she took first place in an infant beauty contest - a minor glory that followed her around her small, working-class town in rural West Virginia. But when she came out as queer, the conservative community that had once celebrated its prettiest baby turned on her.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A decade later, living in Los Angeles and trying to stay afloat during a PhD program, Belcher plunges into a double life as both student and sex worker, branding herself as L.A.'s Renowned Lesbian Dominatrix. As she moves between the embodied world of the pro-domme and the abstract realm of academia, she discovers how lessons from the classroom can apply to the dungeon and vice versa.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In this searingly funny and perceptive memoir, we see through eyes of a dominatrix-turned-academic how power, shame and desire can be explored and subverted.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51452835725600,"sku":"9781804440643","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781804440643.jpg?v=1775630847","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/pretty-baby-chris-belcher-9781804440643","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}