This book inspired me to buy a CSA share.

"My friend Jeffrey, the webmaster at my current office job, says that his goal is for people to be happy when he is there, and equally happy when he is not. Not me. I want to be missed. Like Radiohead sings, I want you to notice when I'm not around. I wish I was special."

Extremely painful. I can't believe that I willed myself to finish this book.

I was an nude art model for 10 years, and found the experience very rewarding. For me it was a great way to be surrounded with artists, be a part of an art community, and to find inspiration in what others were doing. For this reason, I was very interested to read about the experience of another nude model.

So far, all Ms. Rooney seems intent on doing is explaining her rationale behind her choice to become an art model, and to convince skeptics that she isn't "dirty" or a "prostitute." 45 pages into this, I find her remarks tiresome. I only hope that she brings depth to her work by opening the narrative to include references to historical works of art and the relationships between artists and their models.