“One might believe that the term “emotional prostitute” relates a provocative act. In reality, emotional prostitutes seek an emotional exchange in love, affection, or recognition. While the pursued may be victim for a while, the pursuer is often a lifetime victim of their own circumstances.
Diaries of an Emotional Prostitute depicts how abandonment and addiction can lead to emotional prostitution in young women. McClearn's inspiration is mixed with stories of abandonment from former students, and McClearn's former addiction to love.
Delilah Hutchens was an ordinary girl, whose only struggle was determining if God was real. But after her mother’s sudden abandonment and her father’s love affair with alcohol, Delilah’s ordinary home turned upside down; forcing her to denounce God and turn to emotional prostitution. Her first victim was her first love, J.B. but when he doesn’t seek the same kind of fulfillment, her emotional rampage spins out of control. Delilah’s story brings real issues to the forefront and strips fairytales we’ve been fed of “happily ever after.”
Readers can connect intimately with Delilah as she uses diary entries to develop her message. By the end of the novel, you will discover one of two facts:
1) You KNOW an emotional prostitute; or
2) You ARE an emotional prostitute”.
