February 11, 2009 5:33 PM
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Happy Hooker Gets Hitched
(AP)
Vera de Vries, better known as Xaviera Hollander, the "Happy Hooker," married boyfriend Philip de Haan in Amsterdam on Tuesday, she said.
Hollander wrote 1972's "The Happy Hooker," describing her career as a sex worker and brothel owner in New York. The book was considered a landmark in demystifying sex.
She also wrote a sex advice column for Penthouse magazine.
She announced her wedding plans on her Web site last month.
2 "Marriage is an institution; who wants to be institutionalized? But yes, I am ready to be institutionalized now!" she wrote.
Hollander runs a bed-and-breakfast in Amsterdam, where she is an active patron of theatrical and artistic circles.
Both Hollander and de Haan had been married before.
"After two years of intense courtship I will soon be marrying the new love of my life, Philip," she wrote in an e-mail newsletter Dec. 22. "We are made for each other, and though (neither) of us believed in marriage anymore, we now are ready to tie the knot again."
Hollander wrote 1972's "The Happy Hooker," describing her career as a sex worker and brothel owner in New York. The book was considered a landmark in demystifying sex.
She also wrote a sex advice column for Penthouse magazine.
Hollander, 63, married de Haan, 53, in "a quiet ceremony attended by family and friends," she wrote in an e-mail response to a query by The Associated Press.
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She announced her wedding plans on her Web site last month.
Hollander runs a bed-and-breakfast in Amsterdam, where she is an active patron of theatrical and artistic circles.
Both Hollander and de Haan had been married before.
"After two years of intense courtship I will soon be marrying the new love of my life, Philip," she wrote in an e-mail newsletter Dec. 22. "We are made for each other, and though (neither) of us believed in marriage anymore, we now are ready to tie the knot again."
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