Journal Entry 1 by mummafour from Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Insurmountable debts, a marriage on the verge of meltdown, children going without the bare essentials, and no family to turn to for help. In the circumstances, Dawn Annandale answered the job advertisement that would change her life.

Call me Elizabeth is the true story of how a bright, witty and highly educated woman became a well-paid and successful escort. It is a frank and illuminating insight into the British sex industry-an occupation that has very much left the sex shops for the suburbs. By turns sad, funny, frightening and empowering, call me Elizabeth is above all honest and compelling. From Emmanuelle to Pretty Woman, the life of an escort remains deeply fascinating. and though there may be some who will judge the author, many more will understand her situation.

This is her story- decide for yourself.



Ok she loved her children wanted to give them the best but what will her children think of her when they find out what mum did to get them all the things they have. This is a good story and once you start you cant put it down but I really believe there could of been another way out of her mess without having to sell her body! 

Journal Entry 2 by mummafour from Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Sunday, September 23, 2007

Posted to michyj today(24-09-07) ENJOY! :) 

Journal Entry 3 by michyj from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Thanks mummafour! I'm looking forward to reading this one, it's going to have to go on my Mt TBR closer to the top! Thanks for the very cool bookmark too! 

Journal Entry 4 by michyj from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, April 19, 2008

Journal Entry 5 by michyj at To the first on the list in Passed by hand, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, April 19, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (4/19/2008 UTC) at To the first on the list in Passed by hand, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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Bringing this book to todays Gold Coast Meet Up to pass on to kidwrangler who will be starting the bookray I have set up. 

Journal Entry 6 by kidwrangler from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sounds like a very interesting read so I couldn't resist putting my hand up for this one.

Thanks Michyj for setting up the bookray, I'll put this on the top of Mt TBR so it should be passed along fairly quickly :) 

Journal Entry 7 by kidwrangler from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Thursday, April 24, 2008

This really was a hard to put down read! I found her descriptions of the work quite interesting/ confronting, and her background was a good way of maybe understanding how she could just switch off to the reality of each night.

I did find myself judging her choices though. Justifying prostituting yourself behind your husband's back so your children can remain in their private school was too much for me to accept as reasonable personally. Maybe if she was a single mum in a country without social welfare...

Gee it would be interesting to know if David really did return to stay, and to hear his perspective. I also felt quite sad for her husband Paul - she really seemed responsible for pushing him into a lifestyle they couldn't maintain, and then judging him for not earning enough. I thought putting the blame for her choices onto him was unfair, as was cheating with another man and her new profession (that also endangered him regardless of regular STD checks). Theirs really must have been a distant relationship... I kept wondering how she washed and dried all that lingerie etc without anyone else noticing?

Thanks Mummafour for sharing and Michyj for organising the ray :) I'll contact the next on the list and send on asap. 

Journal Entry 8 by gypsyrose02 from Byford, Western Australia Australia on Monday, May 19, 2008

this arrived today. thanks. looking forward to it. 

Journal Entry 9 by gypsyrose02 from Byford, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, May 25, 2008

this was a quick read. thanks for including me.
im not going to say much as i dont want to offend. i felt sorry for her as a child, but i also feel there are a ot more choices out there than having to turn to do that. alot of stuff she brought on herself, ie, having to have the big house, the big family. if she wasnt so materalistic she wouldnt have to struggle.
anyways its already on its way to scrapaholic. 

Journal Entry 10 by scrapaholic from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Arrived today in Darwin.
Will be the next book I read. 

Journal Entry 11 by scrapaholic from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Sunday, June 08, 2008

I found her story interesting and hard to put down. I tried not to judge her as I read her story, rather I found that I was more curious about her profession and her life and how it would all turn out.
Certainly not a choice I would have made but I guess she thought it was right for her and her family.
Thanks for sharing this book.
Will send it onto sarahbear when I get her details.
 

Journal Entry 12 by sarahbear from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Thursday, June 19, 2008

Received safely and soundly. Sounds intriguing so I am looking forward to getting stuck into this one. Thanks for sharing. 

Journal Entry 13 by sarahbear from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Sunday, June 22, 2008

WOW. What a read! I have read a few similar books and I enjoyed this one more because it didn't concentrate on the actual sexual acts but more the motivation behind Dawns decision. I wouldn't dare judge her but at times I couldn't help but think if she had only just taken the kids out of private education she might have been able to break the debt cycle without resorting to selling herself. But each to their own. She was one of the lucky ones.

Contacting trystja for an address. 

Journal Entry 14 by sarahbear from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Monday, June 23, 2008

Posting to trystja today. 

Journal Entry 15 by trystja on Friday, June 27, 2008

Arrived today. Looking forward to reading this one :) Thanks! 

Journal Entry 16 by trystja at Shellharbour, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, February 22, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (2/22/2009 UTC) at Shellharbour, New South Wales Australia

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On its way to L1nda.... sorry for the massive delay!