The Hooker's Daughter: A Boston Family's Saga

By Dale Stanten

Boy do I have a story for you as presented in my memoir, "The Hooker's Daughter," My mother was a hooker who turned tricks every day in our tiny apartment. My father barely functioned. My sister "came out" as a lesbian, long before it was acceptable, and was thrown into a convent and then a mental hospital for evaluation. That leaves me - The Hooker's Daughter. While I should have been playing with Barbie & Ken, I was dealing with "Johns" who were ringing the doorbell constantly - a nightmare no kid should experience. My childhood fantasy was to have a mom who made chicken soup and a father who supported his family...just like other households in our tight-knit Jewish community. Instead, friends were forbidden to play with me and I was thrown out of the Girl Scouts because I, too, might be a sinner. I thought I could fix my past. I married and had two beautiful children. When my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor, diabetes, and developed blindness, my world crashed again. His prognosis was two months but he survived six grueling years. At 37, I was widowed and struggled to make ends meet.The Hooker's Daughter is a story of a life dictated by shame and discontent. It traces the path of a young woman from childhood, through bewildered adolescence, to wife, mother, widow, successful entrepreneur, and author. The story is about trauma, survival, and triumph.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1095219480
• ISBN13: 9781095219485
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"