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No Bed of Roses. Memoirs of a madam as revealed to David Harris.
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No Bed of Roses.
Memoirs of a madam as revealed to David Harris.
by Patti Walkuski.
Published by Wakefield Press in 1993.
ISBN. 1-86254-310-0.
softcover, remaindered condition.
Approximately 13 by 20 by 2 cm.
from the back cover - " "I've called my book No Bed of Roses because I've had a lot of pricks in my bed in my life."
No Bed of Roses is an intimate, often horrifying account of an abused girl's transformation into a powerful Madam, and the subsequent collapse of her empire.
The cast of the story includes an outrageous array of prostitutes, perverts, parliamentarians, petty criminals, transvestites, lawyers, drug addicts, welfare officers, media personalities and police - straight and crooked.
Patti's book is compelling reading: a landmark in the literature of Australia's underworld. from inside the front cover -
"Patti Walkuski was born in South Australia in 1940, and grew up from a working-class childhood to become a celebrated Madam. She has survived five marriages, countless beatings, a cluster of de factos, seven children, a mad psychiatrist, being born again, and arrest by the National Crime Authority.
David Harris is a writer, historian and adventurer. Among his eight books is Black Horse Odyssey, which describes his discovery of the lost city of Rome in the Gobi Desert. He lives in the Adelaide Hills."
Memoirs of a madam as revealed to David Harris.
by Patti Walkuski.
Published by Wakefield Press in 1993.
ISBN. 1-86254-310-0.
softcover, remaindered condition.
Approximately 13 by 20 by 2 cm.
from the back cover - " "I've called my book No Bed of Roses because I've had a lot of pricks in my bed in my life."
No Bed of Roses is an intimate, often horrifying account of an abused girl's transformation into a powerful Madam, and the subsequent collapse of her empire.
The cast of the story includes an outrageous array of prostitutes, perverts, parliamentarians, petty criminals, transvestites, lawyers, drug addicts, welfare officers, media personalities and police - straight and crooked.
Patti's book is compelling reading: a landmark in the literature of Australia's underworld. from inside the front cover -
"Patti Walkuski was born in South Australia in 1940, and grew up from a working-class childhood to become a celebrated Madam. She has survived five marriages, countless beatings, a cluster of de factos, seven children, a mad psychiatrist, being born again, and arrest by the National Crime Authority.
David Harris is a writer, historian and adventurer. Among his eight books is Black Horse Odyssey, which describes his discovery of the lost city of Rome in the Gobi Desert. He lives in the Adelaide Hills."
- Date Listed:13/02/2024
- Last Edited:13/02/2024
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