How to Make Love Like a Porn Star
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| Author | Jenna Jameson with Neil Strauss |
|---|---|
| Publisher | ReganBooks |
Publication date | September 1, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 592 |
| ISBN | 0-06-053909-7 |
| OCLC | 54966226 |
| 791.4302/8/092 B 22 | |
| LC Class | PN2287.J295 A3 2004 |
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale is the autobiography of adult film star Jenna Jameson, published August 17, 2004. It was mainly written by co-writer Neil Strauss, later famous for writing The Game, and published by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins. It was an instant best-seller, spending six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[1] The autobiography also won the 2004 "Mainstream's Adult Media Favorite" XRCO award in a tie with Seymore Butts's Family Business TV series.
Overview
The nearly 600 page book is divided into Books numbered with Roman numerals, each preceded by an epigraph from a Shakespearean sonnet.[2] The narrative is told through a series of first person accounts, interviews with her family, diary entries in a font resembling handwriting, personal photos, movie scripts, and comic book panels.[3] It covers her life from her childhood to her beginning in show business as a stripper, living with her tattoo artist biker boyfriend, and ends with her receiving the Hot D'Or award at Cannes and her second wedding.[2] Jameson tells of multiple rapes, drug addictions, an unhappy first marriage, and numerous affairs with men and women.[4]
The book was translated into German as Pornostar. Die Autobiographie (ISBN 978-3-453-67504-9) in November 2005,[5] Swedish as Att Älska Som En Porrstjärna - En Sedelärande Berättelse in 2005 and Spanish as Como Hacer El Amor Igual Que Una Estrella Del Porno (ISBN 978-84-270-3190-6) in January 2006.[6] Jameson dedicated the book to her mother, Judith Hunt.
Film
Jameson has expressed interest in having actress Scarlett Johansson play her in a feature film version of the book. A representative for Johansson, however, has stated that Johansson has no interest in such a role.[7]
Related book
Strauss has written a similarly titled and themed book, How to Make Money Like a Porn Star, mainly in graphic novel format, and without Jameson's participation. Strauss wrote it from stories he learned of while researching Jameson's book.[8] Like How to Make Love..., How to Make Money... also features different formats, including magazine articles, fake advertisements, and an activity book.
Reception
- The New York Times stated that "for aspiring performers, it's a gold mine."[9]
- Publishers Weekly calls it "a remarkably appealing and honest mess" [10]
References
- ↑ "The (Porn) Player" by Matthew Miller, Forbes magazine, July 4, 2005
- 1 2 "'How to Make Love Like a Porn Star': Lovers and Other Strangers" New York Times Book Review by Jane and Michael Stern, September 5, 2004
- ↑ "Jenna Jameson, best-selling author?" Reuters via MSNBC, October 5, 2004. Internet Archive copy from September 9, 2005:]
- ↑ "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star" by Jenna Jameson Salon magazine book review by Charles Taylor, August 25, 2004
- ↑ "Pornostar. Die Autobiographie"
- ↑ "Como Hacer El Amor Igual Que Una Estrella Del Porno", Amazon.com
- ↑ Scott Huver and Tim Nudd. "Scarlett Johansson: Not Playing a Porn Star" People magazine. July 31, 2007
- ↑ "How to Make Money Like a Porn Star!", New York Magazine book review by Jada Yuan, October 16, 2006
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/books/review/05STERNL.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Nonfiction Review: HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORN STAR: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson, Author, Neil Strauss, with Neil Strauss. ReganBooks $27.95 (579p) ISBN 978-0-06-053909-2". Publishersweekly.com. 2004-08-09. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
External links
- YouTube internview for Playboy channel show "Jenna's American Sex Star" (2006)