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Jamey lived in the locked room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a whore. Otherwise there was nothing. Once day she found a pencil stub and scrap of paper in a forgotten corner of the room. She began to write down her life, starting with "Parents stink" (Her... read more
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Never having known a mother, her mother had died when Janey was a year old, Janey depended on her father for everything and regarded her father as boyfriend, brother, sister, money, amusement, and father.
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This is book 257 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and followed by Neuromancer.
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- Kathy Acker (Author)
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