Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel

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Sex is for sale 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in Nevada's legal brothels. Former madam Lora Shaner takes you into the parlor -- and bedrooms -- of Sheri's Ranch in this compelling account of the sex-for-money culture. You'll read about Mary Clair, the nun turned prostitute; Ellen, the errant wife; Coral and Millie, the happy-hooker tag team; Alice, the pro with the heart of gold; and the turn outs, part-timers, sex addicts, adventure-seekers, and other ladies of the house. You'll also meet the cathouse ...
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Sex is for sale 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in Nevada's legal brothels. Former madam Lora Shaner takes you into the parlor -- and bedrooms -- of Sheri's Ranch in this compelling account of the sex-for-money culture. You'll read about Mary Clair, the nun turned prostitute; Ellen, the errant wife; Coral and Millie, the happy-hooker tag team; Alice, the pro with the heart of gold; and the turn outs, part-timers, sex addicts, adventure-seekers, and other ladies of the house. You'll also meet the cathouse clientele: Lester, the rodeo rider who liked to warm up by playing horsey; Mr. Yamaura, who paid thousands for three minutes of pleasure; and Golf Guy, who employed Sheri's girls to help him perfect his stroke; as well as the hunks, nerds, pimps, cheapos, professional athletes, and other customers who ring the brothel doorbell at all hours. Madam's piercing character studies and poignant sketches of day-to-day life in a legal brothel strip bare the myths about the world's oldest profession, revealing the hearts and souls of the women who sell sex -- and the men who buy it.
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Melissa Schurr
"I expected to be titillated by Lora Shaner's behind-the-scenes book on life in a brothel. Illuminated, even. I didn't expect to be moved."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780929712581
  • Publisher: Huntington Press
  • Publication date: 4/28/2003
  • Pages: 341
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 8.48 (h) x 0.91 (d)

Meet the Author

Lora Shaner is a journalist by training and was a brothel madam by chance. An alumna of Texas Western College in her hometown of El Paso, Texas, she spent 20 years as a civilian public information officer for the Department of Defense in Texas and California. She chose early retirement and moved to Pahrump, Nevada. There, on impulse, she took a full-time job as madam at a legal brothel. She has discussed her fascinating adventures on numerous TV and radio programs and Madam has been covered in national magazines, such as Penthouse, Bikini, and Harper’s. Shaner now operates a public relations and advertising agency in Pahrump.
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Table of Contents

Part I The Way it Was
1 A Night in a Brothel 1
2 How Long Has This Been Going On? 15
3 Come Into My Parlor 27
4 Ladies of the House 37
5 Happy Hookers 87
6 Nut Cases 103
7 Little Sister 113
8 Marlene 127
9 Susan 139
10 Alice 151
11 Ellen, Ruth, Ed, and Lester 165
12 The Men 193
13 The "Other" Men 231
14 Invasion of the Wireheads 257
15 A Slo-Mo Day 267
16 They Also Serve: The Support Team 277
17 Winding Down and Summing Up 293
Part II The Way It Is
18 The Resort 305
19 The New Regime 315
20 "How To"--A Brothel Primer for Newbies 321
Appendix 327
What Do The Neighbors Say?
Brothels Hardly Cause a Stir in Pahrump Valley
When It Comes to Prostitution
Prostitution Ban Fails
No to Juvenile Prostitution
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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 24, 2012

    Loved this book

    I enjoyed this book loved the storys snd insight in to brothels

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