The Sunday Times bestseller, Call me Elizabeth, is the true story of how a bright, witty and highly educated woman became a well-paid and successful escort.
To an outsider, Dawn Annandale’s life might have looked steady, secure, perhaps even enviable. She lived in Kent in a big house in a good neighbourhood and her children were well-dressed at all times. The truth was that six children do not make life cheap, and she and Paul were trying to "live a champagne lifestyle on an orange juice budget".
In the circumstances of insurmountable debts, a marriage on the verge of meltdown, and no family to turn to for help, she answered the job advertisement that would change her life. She became a “working-girl” with the working name Elizabeth, got raped, fell pregnant and got an abortion, fell in love with David and got divorced from Paul. Eventually David found out about her double life and left, only to return a few weeks later. To this day they are still together.
May we sacrifice ourselves, because we want the very best for our children, and by doing so desecrate the temple of God? To the detriment of our own souls… Or may we only give our loved ones the best within our abilities, and spare ourselves in the process? What does Christ expect from us? These are only a few questions that came to mind when I read this book.
This book takes you through the long-buried, terrible things that happened to her as a child to the implications and consequences of her decision to become an escort girl. By turns sad, funny, frightening and empowering, Call Me Elizabeth is above all honest, realistic and compelling. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to everyone who is prepared to read it with an open mind. Though some may judge the author, many more will understand her situation.
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