Book description
When Georgia accepts the assignment to research prostitution in India,
she enters blithely, confident of her ability to remain objective in the
face of the difficult subject matter. Provided with an Indian guide,
Karma, Georgia feels that she is in control of her well-being and
safety. But India, being India, soon overwhelms her preconceptions as
Karma's first attempt to facilitate her assignment is to arrange for her
to witness an encounter between a prostitute and a john.
Told in two voices, Georgia's and Karma's, Hooks grapples
with the discrepancies between a Western and an Eastern take on
prostitution in a country where tradition, modernity, and necessity
cast disturbing slants on the truth.
A morality tale told from vastly different personal circumstances
and orientations, Hooks draws in the uninitiated Georgia, as
she in turn helps the grieving Karma to realize a route away from his
spoiled hopes.
Julie Oakes has a master's degree from New York University in art
professions and a master's degree in social and political science from
the New School for Social Research in New York City. She is a renowned
visual artist and is currently a writer for the art magazine
Vie des Arts
. Julie lives in the Okanagan Valley.
