The Hideous Autopsy of the Playboy Life
Sondra Theodore was a naïve high school graduate in 1974. A good student, pianist, and Bible-school teacher as a teen, she dreamed of becoming an actress. One day, she told her mom she was going to Howard Hughes's house.
"What?" her mom said. "He's dead."
"Oh yeah, I meant Hugh Hefner."
"Oh, no," said her mom, "don't go there."
Sondra thought her mom was silly, and she and her friend set out for the large gothic-estate home known as the Playboy Mansion. She had never been to a Hollywood party before, and when she first arrived, it was like a scene out of The Great Gatsby.
She'd never been in bed with a man before...
has a BS in Computer Science and worked in software development with IBM until she hopped off the career track to be a full-time mom. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she works as Deputy Editor of Salvo and writes on apologetics and matters of faith.
This article originally appeared in Salvo, Issue #61, Summer 2022 Copyright © 2022 Salvo | www.salvomag.com https://salvomag.com/article/salvo61/tragic-kingdom
