Surviving Mae West
by Priscilla A. Rodd
Category: Fiction

"Tess, a West Virginian in New York City, finds herself facing life as a prostitute in seedy brothels. A number of trials test her in every way, leading to both understanding and misunderstanding among her friends and her family. Tess tells these stories of pain, joy, depression, loneliness and endurance in her journal. With the shadow of the Appalachians ever calling her back home, she desperately struggles to claim her individuality in a world of debauchery without the painful remnants of her past and fear of a fragmented future overwhelming her."--BOOK JACKET.