Confessions of a Domina

Confessions of a Domina by Kathleen Des Vignes How does one tell a tale so shrouded in secrecy, so off-limits in everyday society, yet so universal? Confessions of a Domina is a story about risk and sensual desire. It is a tale about the duality of a woman and her reaction and response to childhood abuse. It is about living on the edge as well as a statement about our modern times. But it is not a tragic account about a girl who was simply abused and then grows up and becomes the abuser, but rather a remarkable story of strength and determination. It is about a woman who becomes a "Domina" and then realizes that all she really ever wanted was to lead a normal life. Melba McGinnis' life in Confessions of a Domina takes place in Brooklyn, New York around a working class family in which she defies convention and submerges herself in the underground world of S & M and becomes "Domina Samantha". Confessions of a Domina is not about sex in the explicit, but it is very much about sexual fantasy in the implicit. And Melba's story is not solely about childhood abuse, but rather about how she faces the impact of her troubled upbringing and scales her façade of self-doubt to become a strong, fully realized woman-ultimately, without the need to wear the cloak of a "Domina".