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The Curse of Our Profound Disorder: A Novel About Coming of Age Amidst the Taboo

The Curse of Our Profound Disorder: A Novel About Coming of Age Amidst the Taboo - Paperback

by Marilyn Jaye Lewis
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marilyn Jaye LewisTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Topical/Coming of Age, Topical/FamilyPublish date:9/11/2026Pages:260
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Parisian Phoenix KinkISBN-13:9781957863634ISBN-10:1957863633UPC:9781957863634Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Coming of Age, Historical, Family LifeBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.354Product ID:SC1ZVM7SWM

Meet Jemima Callahan.

Conceived in the back of a car, born to a teen mom, and known to be the illegitimate offspring of the town's married preacher- she learns young how hard the world can be. Her mama said it best:

"I was conceived in passion," my mama would sigh regretfully. "Then I was born among passionless, worn-out people."

Jemima knows that the Reverend Parker Peabody was her mama's true love and only lover, and she absorbs her mother's notion that sexual pleasure is the presence of God. Her mother's mental illness lands Jemima in foster care, where she faces sexual and physical abuse until leaving home.

This novel chronicles her coming-of-age and finding herself, meeting a rag-tag cast of characters and selling herself to survive until she meets a lawyer who offers her a position as a housekeeper. As she navigates her new world, she pines for her father and hopes one day to meet him.

Will Jemima find the Reverend Parker Peabody? Will he live up to the fairytale her mother has spun about him? Is the truth worth the risk?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Parisian Phoenix KinkISBN-13:9781957863634ISBN-10:1957863633UPC:9781957863634Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Coming of Age, Historical, Family LifeBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.354Product ID:SC1ZVM7SWM
Lewis, Marilyn Jaye: - "Marilyn Jaye Lewis has been writing and editing sexually-focused fiction since the late 1980s, and has had a continuous online presence since 1998, when her first multi-media project - as head writer of DADAhouse - won the AVN Award for Best CD Rom Game of 1998 and was showcased on HBO. She is the author of 8 published novels and 50+ published short stories, as well as many essays, flash-memoirs, and novellas. Over the decades, Lewis has won numerous awards, both in the US and Europe, for her fiction writing, screenwriting, and multi-media production - including inclusion in Playboy's first Online Hall of Fame for her trailblazing literary erotic fiction website, Other-Rooms.com, in 1998. Her novels, novellas and short stories have been translated into numerous languages, including French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Italian. As a playwright, she writes and produces with the renowned black trans actress, Sandra Caldwell. Visit Marilyn at marilynjayelewis.com"
Publisher: Parisian Phoenix Kink

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