The book, Insatiable: Porn - A Love Story, is not for the puritanical. Now, six years after she made that decision, Akira has written a memoir. "For me, being in porn was just the ultimate fantasy," she says, "to turn people on and be this kind of sex symbol." In New York, Akira met people who worked in the sex industry, and within months she had flown to Los Angeles for her first pornographic role. "My parents are still together nothing dramatic or traumatic has ever happened to me."Īfter high school, as her peers started careers or went off to college, Akira decided to pursue her dream job: porn star.Īkira says even from an early age, she was both comfortable with her own sexuality and interested in the sex industry. "I'm from a very normal family," she tells NPR's Arun Rath. The daughter of an upper middle-class family, she attended private schools in New York City and in Japan, where she lived for six years as a child. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Insatiable Subtitle Porn a Love Story Author Asa Akira
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