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Lives on the Edge: Profiles in Sex, Love and Death (Hardcover)

Here's the back cover:

Lives on the Edge profiles models, evangelists, writers and photographers who've spent years in the sex industry.

"For me to enjoy being a centerfold star," says Penthouse Pet Lori Wagner, "which is my right, which I worked hard for, because of that, I've been disrespected and not loved for who I am."

"If you're a woman who likes to look nice, and wears make-up, you have a hard time making female friends," says Penthouse Pet Courtney Taylor. "I'm 30-years old. I planned on being a doctor by now. But the money for modeling has been so good that I've put off my schooling."

"I wish my dad molested me," says porn star Joanna Angel. "It was the other way round. I was ignored. I would've loved for my dad to molest me. He wouldn't even talk to me."

"I do have my own spirituality," says Mary Carey. "I'm a good person. Just because I do porn doesn't make me a bad person. I help the homeless. I give money. I donate my clothes to the maid's service. Just because you have sex a lot doesn't mean you're a bad person.

"I'm 25. I'm sure that when I'm old, like 30, I'm going to want to change my mind. Right now I just want to have fun. According to the Bible, the world's not going to end for seven years anyway."

There are 52 chapters and 360 pages in the book.

After choosing the fragility of life as my theme, I selected 52 of my best interviews with people who live on the edge.

Bornyo writes:

I've read the book. It may be unsatisfying to some because it does not offer a summary chapter that ties everything into a neat package. Instead it offers chapter after chapter of delusional porn stars and players peppered with Luke's dry commentary. The big finish is his relationship with Holly Randall in 80 or so pages. It's explicit enough for most porn fans but it also deals with the more mundane aspects of a relationship as well as the underlying reasons as to why it must fail. The chapter on Holly seems misplaced, but I'm not sure it needed any more than the treatment it received. I liked the book. Don't know that it will make the NYT bestseller list but it was worth my money.