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"Pamela is a 26 year old single mother raising a small son and living with her boyfriend Chino in Columbus, Ohio. With Chino's help, Pamela has opened a hair salon which is doing quite well and supplementing the money Chino earns as a drug dealer. The bottom falls out when Chino dumps Pamela and marries another woman. Pamela ends up losing her successful salon when her depression causes her to slack on the job and not show up for work. With no job, no income and no child support given by Chino, Pamela is desperate to find income to support herself and her child. Out of sheer desperation, Pamela accepts an offer to become a call girl for an escort service. Although she is deeply ashamed of her choice, Pamela quickly realizes that being a call girl provides her with plenty of cash. Since her life has changed so radically, Pamela decides to transform herself into Carmen, a new woman with a new life. Carmen decides to open her own escort service so that she can maximize her income opportunities. Carmen's escort service is very successful and she is quickly turning herself into an entrepreneur. As Carmen starts wheeling and dealing with the big boys, she starts to realize that by extending her enterprise to include the drug game she will reach even greater economic heights. But when Chino catches wind of Carmen's success he manages to worm his way back into the picture so that he can team up with her. "
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- late discovery that lover does bad
Poverty, surviving
Yes
Kind of living:
- making "Ends Meat" by prostitution
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- son
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- a criminal (definitely)
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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