Ordeal (autobiography)

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Ordeal
AuthorLinda Lovelace
Mike McGrady
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPornography
PublisherCitadel Press
Publication date
1980
Media typePrint
Pages253 pp.
ISBN0806506873
OCLC5674846

Ordeal is a 1980 autobiography by the former pornographic actress Linda Lovelace, with Mike McGrady.

Ordeal[edit]

Lovelace (real name: Linda Boreman) is a star of the film Deep Throat, a seminal 1972 film at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn. In the autobiography,[1] Lovelace, with Mike McGrady recounts that she was raped during her career in the porn industry.[2][3][4][5][6]

Out of Bondage[edit]

Out of Bondage by Linda Lovelace, with Mike McGrady, recounts her later life.[7][8][9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lovelace, Linda; McGrady, Mike (1980). Ordeal. ISBN 0-517-42791-5.
  2. ^ Schultz, David; Vile, John R. (2015). The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America. Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-317-45713-8.
  3. ^ MacKinnon, Catharine A. (1987). Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law. Harvard University Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-674-29873-X.
  4. ^ Mock, Erin Lee (18 August 2017). "The Porn Star and the Polygraph: Linda Lovelace and the Truth of the Female Body". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 34 (6). Routledge: 560–582. doi:10.1080/10509208.2016.1234899. ISSN 1050-9208. S2CID 192126743.
  5. ^ Marlowe, Ann. "1970; 1972: Linda Lovelace". In Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner (eds.). A New Literary History of America. Harvard University Press ; Belknap Press. ISBN 9780674064102. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Greil Marcus - Notes on the making of A New Literary History of America - Part 5 - "The speech of our time"". Harvard University Press Blog. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  7. ^ Lovelace, Linda; McGrady, Mike (1986). Out of Bondage. ISBN 0-425-10650-0.
  8. ^ Woo, Elaine (20 May 2012). "Mike McGrady dies at 78; journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ Selby, Mike (17 January 2013). "The autobiographies of Linda Lovelace". Cranbrook Townsman. Cranbrook, British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 12 May 2023.