Traci Lords : underneath it all

The moving, gripping, and tell–all autobiography of Traci Elizabeth Lords, a former child porn queen, electronica maven, and cult movie and TV star. At 14, Nora Kuzma ran away from home and ended up on the dirty streets of Hollywood. She fell in with a fast crowd, and her dreams of modelling soon landed her a spectacular centrefold in Penthouse Magazine , where at 15 she became internationally known as TRACI LORDS. From there she appeared in numerous adult films and magazines, denying her past and battling a deep addiction to cocaine and men. Three years later she got out. This is her memoir–a tale of loss, redemption, and ultimate survival as Traci Elizabeth Lords takes you into her secretive past, faces her demons, and shares her extraordinary journey of personal growth. USA Today … Lords' story of personal redemption is so immersed in genuine emotion and beaming with soulful resiliency that the reader will walk away with nothing but respect for her and her remarkable journey. — Amanda Tyler The popular adult film and magazine star discusses the painful events of her childhood that prompted her to run away and launch her career, tracing her descent into cocaine and sex addiction, her work as an underage porn actress, and her subsequent decision to start over in mainstream film. Reprint. The former adult film star discusses the painful events of her childhood that prompted her to run away, tracing her descent into addiction, her work as an underage porn actress, and her decision to start over in mainstream film The moving, gripping and tell all autobiography of Traci Lords, a former child porn queen, electronica maven and cult movie and TV star. I grew up in a dirty little steel town called Steubenville, in eastern Ohio.