Xaviera Hollander
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Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a former call girl/madam. She was born Vera de Vries in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies to a Jewish father and Christian mother.
She is best known as the author of The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (1971, ISBN 0-06-001416-4).
The book was notable for its frankness at the time and is considered a landmark of positive writing about sex. She has since written a number of other books and produced plays in Amsterdam.
For many years, she wrote an advice column for Penthouse magazine called "Call Me Madam".
Her latest book Child No More is the heartfelt story of losing her own mother.
She also appeared on an album of celebrity covers of songs by The Beatles where she sang "Michelle".
For the last 5 years she has been operating a fun Bed and Breakfast: Xaviera's Happy House within her luxurious Amsterdam home and lately she is also renting her renovated villa, Caprice, in Marbella, Spain.
[edit] External links
- [1] website
- [2] Xaviera' Bed and Breakfast and Apartments site
- [3] Luxury villas for rent in Marbella, Spain
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