Porn mega-star Jenna Jameson's book How To Make Love Like A Pornstar: A Cautionary Tale will be released through Regan Books on August 17.
Co-written by esteemed journalist and author Neil Strauss (New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Dirt, with Mötley Crüe, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, with Marilyn Manson), the no-holds-barred memoir of how the busty blonde became the biggest name in the history of adult entertainment is an alternately tragic and triumphant coming-of-age story, a freaky and hilarious sex romp, and a remarkable treatise on female empowerment all rolled into one.
The book describes Jenna's own long road out of hell, from the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas as a teenager, to the world of biker gangs and strip clubs, to her reign as porn's top leading lady. From a world surrounded by abuse, rape, and murder t her current life of fame and fortune, Jenna has done it all.
Jameson was born Jenna Massoli in 1974. She lost her mother to cancer at a very young age and grew up in the care of her combat vet, vigilante policeman, and sometime criminal father, running wild in the streets of Las Vegas with her inseparable older brother. A biker tattoo artist boyfriend introduced her to Vegas’ strip club scene. When she went for her first try-out, she was turned away because of her braces. She went home, pried the metal off her teeth with pliers, and returned the next day. Within months she was the highest paid girl at the Crazy Horse Too at 17 years old.
Jameson then moved on to X-rated photo spreads in L.A. and eventually to adult films. She became a contract start for Wicked Pictures, helping make it one of the top adult studios, then later formed her own production company and teamed up with Vivid Entertainment Group, where she soon became a superstar.
Jameson garnered much mainstream media attention via repeated turns on Howard Stern’s radio show and as the host of E! Entertainment Television’s coverage of the Cannes Film Festival. Soon she found herself mingling with and being propositioned by Hollywood stars, dating the likes of Tommy Lee and Marilyn Manson, and winning just about every award the adult film industry had to offer. Her rise to fame was scattered with bouts of crystal meth addiction, painkiller-fueled cross-country stripping tours, and one destructive relationship after another.
The book also includes funny segments and cartoons such as How to Become a Male Pornstar, The Ten Commandments (of love and sex), and How to Date a Pornstar. A first hand glimpse into Jenna’s childhood is also seen through childhood diary entries chronicling, in remarkable honesty, her coming of age, late-developing body, and first encounters with the opposite sex.
And porn fans rejoice! The bookhas tons of the sleazy sex and titillating stories you'd expect from a book by Jameson, as well as plenty of racy pictures.
According to her press release, "How To Make Love Like A Pornstar: A Cautionary Tale is a frank and unflinching self-examination by a very smart woman who knows that many people don’t approve of her life. And, as with practically every challenge she has ever faced, Jenna Jameson comes out on top in the end."
