Victoria of Dallas: How One Woman Learned to Give Men Exactly What They Wanted Before Discovering How to Give Herself Exactly What She Needed - Hardcover

McCormick, Victoria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1732307601 ISBN 13: 9781732307605

Publisher: Badass Cat Press, 2018

Synopsis

Howard was courteous as he introduced himself at my front door in Dallas, Texas. He was clearly a man with refined manners. But I’d been around long enough to know the man I met in my doorway was never the man that’d be screwing me a few minutes later. After a word or two of small talk about his law firm, his tongue was down my throat and his arms pinned me against the wall. “What do you want, Victoria?”

He’d be shocked to know an honest answer. What I want is a stack of crisp hundred-dollar bills, an eight ball of coke and a couple bottles of Chardonnay. But I learned early that when clients ask this question they mean something specific. They’re looking for me to figure out what they want. They need me to decide what’ll get them off without them having to say it out loud. What I really wanted was a big life, a life the size of Texas—one of adventure and success far away from that little Ohio town my family seemed to accept without much of a fight. One that my parents said I’d never escape. But that wasn’t something Howard would ever give me.

Through my moonlighting, I learned to figure out my clients’ (often odd) desires on the fly while concealing my own dreams, secrets, and addictions. At turns comedic, tragic, gritty and erotic, Victoria of Dallas explores male desire through the stories of client encounters in vignettes after every chapter, as well as the desires of myself and how I finally learn in middle age who I really am. My memoir is inspirational and gives hope through the challenges I faced and overcame. The story takes you through my childhood in a small Ohio town to life as a Dallas call girl to life on the road and ultimately to Italy to discover what is most important to me and whom I really am.

About this title

About the Author

Victoria McCormick came from a small town in northeast Ohio, before fleeing that world for art school in Dallas, Texas. Since then, she has worked as an exotic dancer and an escort in every major metropolitan area of the US and the UK. She's also run a successful real estate company and worked as a commercial artist, copy writer, and even spent a few claustrophobic years as a suburban housewife. She's raised two brilliant and successful sons. Today she is happily divorced and lives on the east coast in the US with her cat Pumpkin.

Review

“Victoria’s writing is as brash, riveting and colorful as her personality. You get 100% Victoria on each
page. Her story reminds me of a rollercoaster ride... backwards. That overwhelming knot in your stomach
with each unpredictable thump in your gut with that odd conversion from crying to laughter.”   
—Fred Thomas Jr., Writer, Director

"Ms. McCormick’s book is a revelation and a sobering peek behind the curtain of a young woman’s life who is forced by everything in her background to live a double life to raise her kids, to seek out some hope, and to survive a parade of too-often predatory males. Indeed, that the main character does not descend into misandry, despite scene after scene of males acting badly and females acting lovingly, is a testament to her enduring grace, humor, and inherent generosity. Just as Victoria struggles to maintain a double life, this text reads both as a poignant commentary on how much women have to do to maintain male approval, and as a roller-coaster ride on the perils that accompany female empowerment. This is a must-read for women and men alike.

~ Dr. Ernie Varela

 

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Badass Cat Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1732307601
• ISBN 13: 9781732307605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296