Summary

The Pretty Past:

The chapter explores Carolyn's past as an escort in New York City. Struggling financially, she was approached one day by Boris, who would eventually become her manager, and offered a job making almost five hundred dollars a night. The escort service gave her the name of Susannah, and she met her clients at the Midtown Marriott, usually performing her services while on a lot of drugs. She did not have sex with any of her clients, though she sometimes hoped she could. Despite being condemned by her roommate Whitney, who had a rich, lawyer fiance, Carolyn continued to work as an escort. Carolyn began to have feelings of ennui because of her profession, though this was abated by her affair with Boris, whom she had strong feelings for despite his unattractive...