Misfit: The unravelling of Samantha X

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Amanda Goff was a successful journalist in London and Sydney before ditching her nine-to-five job at the age of 38 to become Samantha X, Australia's most famous escort. A bipolar diagnosis changed everything: she retired from sex work, walked away from Samantha X, and went in search of Amanda.

Misfit is her third memoir - but the first written as 'herself'. Raw, honest, provocative, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is an unflinching record of her journey along the bumpy path to healing and self-acceptance. Beyond confronting her bipolar disorder and addiction issues, Amanda must also contend with prejudice and judgement, lingering trauma from her earlier life, and her own crushing self-doubt. As she struggles with the realities of so-called normality, the persistent voice of Samantha X is there to remind her of a former life that offered power, money, fame - and protection from the challenges that Amanda has courageously chosen to tackle head-on.

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Amanda Goff trained as a journalist and worked in London and Sydney, before becoming Samantha X, Australia's most high-profile escort; she also founded her own escort agency for women over 40. Under her pseudonym, she wrote two bestselling memoirs, Hooked and Back on Top, and was the media's go-to writer for articles about women's sexuality after 40 and the emotional needs of men. Samantha retired from the adult industry at age 49, after a bipolar diagnosis and getting sober, to become Amanda again.