Ordeal (autobiography)

Ordeal is a 1980 autobiography by the former pornographic actress Linda Lovelace, with Mike McGrady.

Ordeal

Author	Linda Lovelace Mike McGrady
Language	English
Subject	Pornography
Publisher	Citadel Press
Publication date	1980
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	253 pp.
ISBN	0806506873
OCLC	5674846

Ordeal

Lovelace (real name: Linda Boreman) is a star of the film Deep Throat, a seminal 1972 film at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn. In the autobiography,^[1] Lovelace, with Mike McGrady recounts that she was raped during her career in the porn industry.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Out of Bondage

Out of Bondage by Linda Lovelace, with Mike McGrady, recounts her later life.^[7][8][9]

See also

• Anti-pornography movement
• Rape pornography

References

1. Lovelace, Linda; McGrady, Mike (1980). Ordeal. ISBN 0-517-42791-5.
2. Schultz, David; Vile, John R. (2015). The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America. Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-317-45713-8.
3. MacKinnon, Catharine A. (1987). Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law. Harvard University Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-674-29873-X.
4. Mock, Erin Lee (18 August 2017). "The Porn Star and the Polygraph: Linda Lovelace and the Truth of the Female Body". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 34 (6). Routledge: 560–582. doi:10.1080/10509208.2016.1234899. ISSN 1050-9208. S2CID 192126743.
5. Marlowe, Ann. "1970; 1972: Linda Lovelace". In Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner (eds.). A New Literary History of America. Harvard University Press ; Belknap Press. ISBN 9780674064102. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
6. "Greil Marcus - Notes on the making of A New Literary History of America - Part 5 - "The speech of our time"". Harvard University Press Blog. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
7. Lovelace, Linda; McGrady, Mike (1986). Out of Bondage. ISBN 0-425-10650-0.
8. Woo, Elaine (20 May 2012). "Mike McGrady dies at 78; journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
9. Selby, Mike (17 January 2013). "The autobiographies of Linda Lovelace". Cranbrook Townsman. Cranbrook, British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 12 May 2023.