Scars and Stilettos Blog Tour , Review and Giveaway!!

Welcome to the blog tour for Harmony Dust's Scars and Stilettos. This blog tour of Scars and Stilettos started June 14th and goes until June 25th, 2010. There is a list of other blogs on the tour after my review..stop by and read their reviews...

http://www.litfusegroup.com/Blog-Tours/scars-and-stilettos-blog-tour.html
ABOUT THE BOOK:

Fear of being abandoned keeps nineteen-year-old Harmony Dust trapped in an abusive and cruel relationship. She thinks she has hit bottom-tens of thousands of dollars in debt, struggling to get by, and so controlled by her boyfriend that she doesn't protest when he begins openly sleeping around. Things can't get worse . . . until someone tells her how much money she can make as an exotic dancer. For the next three years, Harmony lives a double life as Monique, a dancer in a fully-nude strip club.
Scars and Stilettos is Harmony's stark, honest, and ultimately hopeful story of how God found her in that dark, noisy place and led her out. She has since married, completed an MA in social welfare, and now leads Treasures, an organization helping women in the sex trade discover their true worth.
"Harmony wrote her story so that you and your friends may get help out of whatever dark tunnel you find yourself in. . . . once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down and you will want to get a copy for every person you know." -Holly Wagner, from the preface
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Harmony Dust is founder of Treasures, a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that reaches out to women in the sex industry to show them they are loved, valued, and purposed. Find out more about Treasures, Harmony, and her book at www.IAmATreasure.com or http://www.ScarsandStilettos.com. Check out Harmony's Press Page for magazine articles and videos about her work with women in the sex-trade industry.
My Thoughts:
I guess all I can say is wow. I admire Harmony for finally leaving the negative in her life behind at the age of 22 and wanting to help other woman in the business of stripping for a living. A lot of the women Harmony described were like her, trying to make a lot of money to pay off bills, or just have the better things in life, saying to themselves, "I am only doing this for a short time, just to make money, then I will quit. In most cases this does not happen and these woman stay stripping until their looks fade.
Some of the statistics really surprised me. There are more women employed in this industry than ever before in America and that there are over 2700 strip clubs in the U.S.
In Harmonys case, she had an abusive childhood and met this boy and they ended up having a long term relationship. In my opinion he was a leech because he clung to Harmony for monetarily support and that is basically all he wanted from her. Harmony fought for many years her feelings for this guy who was only using her. How many of us have been in a similiar situation, staying with some guy because we may be afraid! How to leave someone in this type of relationship is very hard to do.
Harmony started letting God into her life and through Him she was able to quit stripping and tell this guy that she will no longer support him. The support group that she founded called Treasures, is an outreach program bringing assistance and God's word into these womens lives.
I found this book to be quite interesting as I had never really read or thought to read about strippers. A straightforward and honest memoir...

I received 2 copies of this book courtesy of http://www.litfusegroup.com/ and was not compensated monetarily for my review.
Below is a list of other blogs on this tour..
6/14

Jami @Intentionally Living...
http://jamibalmet.blogspot.com/
Tina at Tina's Book Reviews
http://www.tinasbookreviews.com/
My 3 Crazy Monkey's
http://www.thebertones.blogspot.com/
Michelle at My Semblance of Sanity
http://michellekemperbrownlowwrites4kids.blogspot.com/
Beckie at RBC Library
http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com/
6/15
Alex at ...She Reads...
http://alihsee-reads.blogspot.com/
Maggie at Tethered Mommy
http://www.tetheredmommy.com/
Lisa @ Heritage Homestead and Homeschool Academy
http://www.teachthemhisways.blogspot.com/
Chistine at The IE Mommy
http://www.theiemommy.com/
Valerie at Teatime with Valerie
http://www.valkgal.com/
6/16
Book Reviews by Kady Garrett
http://kgar.wordpress.com/
Stephanie at The Joy Centered Life
http://www.thejoycenteredlife.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth at Count It All joy
http://texasjoy.blogspot.com/
Marta@Marta's Meanderings
http://martasmeanderings.blogspot.com/
Kaylea at My Scrappy Life
http://kaytebug2002.blogspot.com/
6/17
Julie@my5monkeys
http://www.tableforseven-julie.blogspot.com/
Rhiana @ A Frugallife
http://www.afrugallife.org/
CelticLady Blog O'The Irish
http://www.celticladysramblings.blogspot.com/
Shonda at Knowlton Nest
http://www.jsknowlton.blogspot.com/
Catherine @ Cuzinlogic
http://cuzinlogic.wordpress.com/
6/18
Erin at Connected2Christ
http://connected2christ.com/theblog/
Heather @ Mommy Of 1 and Counting
http://www.heatherandavery.blogspot.com/
Esther is Blogging
http://www.estherisblogging.blogspot.com/
Lulu at Knits and Reads
http://knitsandreads.blogspot.com/
Stacy at A Novel Source
http://anovelsource.blogspot.com/
6/19
Paula at GraceReign
http://www.gracereign.blogspot.com/
A Heart for Words
http://aheartforwords.blogspot.com/
Andi at Radieant Light
http://www.frommipov.blogspot.com/
Marissa at The Review Stew
http://thereviewstew.blogspot.com/
emmage002
http://yourdreamshavemeanings.blogspot.com/
6/21
Jill @ Frugal Plus
 http://frugalplus.com/
Jettie@Jettiesramblings
http://jettiesramblings.com/
Kristina at 3under4
http://www.3under4.com/
Karen at Sky-High View
http://sky-highview.blogspot.com/
Crystal at The Scattered Mind Fragments of a Musical Mommy
http://musicandmommies.blogspot.com/
6/22
Mountaineer Country
http://www.mountaineercountrywv.blogspot.com/
Zoe Right
http://zoereads.blogspot.com/
Tracy at Pix-N-Pens
http://www.pixnpens.com/
Clicking Her Heels
http://www.clickingherheels.blogspot.com/
Ponderings by Andrea
http://andrealschultz.blogspot.com/
6/23
Missie at Thirsty
http://fillmythirst.blogspot.com/
JHS at Colloquium
http://www.jhsiess.com/
Carol at Books Before Food
http://bookbeforefood.blogspot.com/
Lynetta at Open Book
http://lynetta.blogspot.com/
Revka at The Porch Light
http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/
6/24
Jen at The Steeds
http://www.thesteeds.net/
Edna at My Favorite Things
http://edna-myfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
Tracy @ Tracy's Book Review
http://www.tracysbooklet.info/
Vera at Luxury Reading
http://www.luxuryreading.com/
Country Bookshelf
http://www.countrybookshelf.blogspot.com/
6/25
Nothing But Love
http://www.owenothingbutlove.blogspot.com/
Dona at Allergy Kid Mom
http://allergykidmom.blogspot.com/
Stacy at Uponeagleswings
http://uponeagleswings.blogspot.com/
Giveaway: Open to U.S. entrants only and giveaway ends 6/25/2010
I have 2 copies of this book for giveaway to enter:
~~ be a follower of my blogs Blog O'The Irish and CelticLady's Reviews
~~ twitter or blog about this blog tour
~~ leave your email address so I can get in touch with you if you win.

Good Luck!!