Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life

Melissa Febos

Mar 2010 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

A dark, wild, powerful memoir about a young woman's transformation from college student to professional dominatrix

While a college student at The New School, Melissa Febos spent four years working as a dominatrix in a midtown dungeon. In poetic, nuanced prose she charts in Whip Smart how unchecked risk-taking eventually gave way to a course of self-destruction. But as she recounts crossing over the very boundaries that she set for her own safety, she never plays the victim. In fact, the glory of this memoir is Melissa's ability to illuminate the strange and powerful truths that she learned as she found her way out of a hell of her own making. Rest assured; the reader will emerge from the journey more or less unscathed.

Ratings and reviews

I have read this book 5 times now, I have learned so much more each time I read it. Definitely have to read it! I love Melissa, she does a lot for her community and to this day is changing lives by writing.

I would definitely recommend reading this book if you a good to read.

About the author

Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart, is co-curator and host of the Mixer Reading and Music Series. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and teaches at SUNY Purchase College and The Gotham Writers' Workshop