UPDATED: 1:30 p.m. February 29, 2008
Clark's book on teen husband pulled for 're-editing'


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/28/08

The scintillating tale of Lisa Clark's sex life —and marriage to her teenage lover— were apparently too hot for some to handle.

This week, the Florida company that published "Betrayed: The True Life Story of Lisa Lynette Clark," pulled it from bookstore shelves so it could be re-edited.

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The cover of 'Betrayed: The True Life Story of Lisa Lynette Clark,' which is on sale at Outwrite Bookstore in Midtown.
 
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The 191-page book, which details dozens of sexual encounters Clark had with men and women over two decades, is being reprinted to delete the names of those involved, publisher Shelly Grant said Thursday.

"I didn't realize Lisa had left them in there," said Grant, whose mother, Jennifer Grant, helped Clark write the book while the woman was serving time at Metro State Prison.

Grant said a revised book would be released Tuesday. She said no one had contacted her company, Phoenix Publishing House, to complain.

"We want to take action before it comes to that," she said.

Judy Hayles, grandmother of the teenage boy Clark wed, said she read the book this week.

"It's nothing but lies, lies and more lies — pure filth," said Hayles, 63, who is described in the book as a controlling grandmother who molested Clark's young husband. "I can't pinpoint one single part. The whole thing made me sick to my stomach."

Clark could not be reached for comment. Her attorney, Kim Dymecki, would not talk about the book.

Outwrite Bookstore and Coffee House in midtown Atlanta sold all 20 of its copies, owner Philip Rafshoon said. He said he received one complaint call, but would not elaborate.

"It's a pretty interesting book, isn't it?" Rafshoon said Thursday. He said he planned to stock the new book once it arrives.

Clark's book came out Friday, the same day she was released from prison. She served two years for helping her then-15-year-old husband escape from a DeKalb County group home. Before that, she spent nine months in the Hall County Jail after pleading guilty to statutory rape.

A week out of prison, Clark, 39, is trying to reunite with her husband, who is now 17 and temporarily living in Texas with his mother, and their 2-year-old son, who is staying with a one-time friend, according to Dymecki.

Under "a loose agreement," Clark placed the boy with a former co-worker shortly after he was born to her in jail, Dymecki said. Last spring, the attorney filed motions in Douglas County Superior Court asking a judge to grant Clark custody of her boy. The case is pending.

Clark has maintained a low profile since leaving prison Friday, save for a TV interview Monday in which she said she hoped to get her son back.

Meanwhile, Clark is looking for a job and trying to "put this all behind her," Dymecki said.



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