How to Make Love Like a Porn Star

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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
Jameson j-howtomakelovelike.jpg
Author Jenna Jameson with Neil Strauss
Publisher ReganBooks
Publication date
September 1, 2004
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages592
ISBN 0-06-053909-7
OCLC 54966226
791.4302/8/092 B 22
LC Class PN2287.J295 A3 2004

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale is the autobiography of adult film star Jenna Jameson, published August 17, 2004. It was mainly written by co-writer Neil Strauss, later famous for writing The Game , and published by ReganBooks, a division of HarperCollins. It was an instant best-seller, spending six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. [1] The autobiography also won the 2004 "Mainstream's Adult Media Favorite" XRCO award in a tie with Seymore Butts's Family Business TV series.

Contents

Overview

The nearly 600 page book is divided into Books numbered with Roman numerals, each preceded by an epigraph from a Shakespearean sonnet. [2] The narrative is told through a series of first person accounts, interviews with her family, diary entries in a font resembling handwriting, personal photos, movie scripts, and comic book panels. [3] It covers her life from her childhood to her beginning in show business as a stripper, living with her tattoo artist biker boyfriend, and ends with her receiving the Hot D'Or award at Cannes and her second wedding. [2] Jameson tells of multiple rapes, drug addictions, an unhappy first marriage, and numerous affairs with men and women. [4]

Film

Jameson has expressed interest in having actress Scarlett Johansson play her in a feature film version of the book. A representative for Johansson, however, has stated that Johansson has no interest in such a role. [5]

Strauss has written a similarly titled and themed book, How to Make Money Like a Porn Star , mainly in graphic novel format, and without Jameson's participation. Strauss wrote it from stories he learned of while researching Jameson's book. [6] Like How to Make Love..., How to Make Money... also features different formats, including magazine articles, fake advertisements, and an activity book.

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