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Misfit

The Unravelling of Samantha X

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Misfit

By: Amanda Goff
Narrated by: Amanda Goff, Ric Herbert
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 The Unravelling of Samantha X.

‘I wanted to go back to the real me, Amanda Goff. Yet there was just one problem. I had no idea who she was. I had no idea who I was. I hadn’t been Amanda for years, decades. Samantha wasn’t leaving just yet; she wasn’t going to make a quiet exit. She wasn’t that type of woman.’

Amanda Goff was a successful journalist in London and Sydney before ditching her nine-to-five job at the age of 38 to become Samantha X, Australia’s most famous escort. A bipolar diagnosis changed everything: she retired from sex work, walked away from Samantha X, and went in search of Amanda.

Misfit is her third memoir – but the first written as ‘herself’. Raw, honest, provocative, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is an unflinching record of her journey along the bumpy path to healing and self-acceptance. Beyond confronting her bipolar disorder and addiction issues, Amanda must also contend with prejudice and judgement, lingering trauma from her earlier life, and her own crushing self-doubt. As she struggles with the realities of so-called normality, the persistent voice of Samantha X is there to remind her of a former life that offered power, money, fame – and protection from the challenges that Amanda has courageously chosen to tackle head-on.

‘Written with raw honesty, extraordinary courage and non-stop brio’ PROFESSOR GORDON PARKER, founder, the Black Dog Institute©2025 Amanda Goff (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd Entertainment & Celebrities Women Funny Mental Health Health
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Provides a sometimes hard to hear insight into a woman working herself out. Amanda gives us an inside look at a common mental illness and addiction with some hope that you can find equilibrium. The forward by her psychiatrist is very powerful on its own. Thanks Amanda for putting yourself out there.

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Amanda Goff is a fantastic journalist and her previous books are fantastic and fun, real page turners. This however is dribble, an essentially someone getting through a late mid-life crisis and regretting some of her previous life choices. It is really hard to understand no man is keen to have a serious relationship with someone who was openly and constantly in the media as a high-class escort for the past decade and now expected to bring her home to meet the family without speculation . We all have regrets we made in the past, the difference is with majority of people do not openly exploit it in the media. This book tries to have it's 'light-bulb' moment in the last few chapters of the book, but is not inspiring or interesting. Author comes across as a bitter person hitting 50 who can't understand why people always will associate her as a escort. Save yourself the time and re-read her previous book instead this pile of 'Whoa is me' garbage. For such a talented columnist writer, her voice sounds like nails down a blackboard and very monotone. Book was extremely disappointing and boring, found it a massive challenge to try and complete

Dull - A late mid-life crisis

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