Ordeal (autobiography)

Ordeal (autobiography)

Ordeal is an autobiography by the former pornographic actress Linda Lovelace (real name Linda Boreman). In the autobiography Lovelace argues that she was acting under coercion during her career in the porn industry. As such Ordeal became influential within the feminist anti-pornography movement.

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