Veronica's Debauchery Book

If there is a word to describe someone like me it would be the word 'Harlot'. I know it's a derogatory word meaning 'prostitute' or so however, in my own definition of that word it means 'A woman with many experiences in life. One day I stumbled upon a secret book containing my mother's secret but what's with all of these names listed on every page... Why does my mother have this in her possession? Was I wrong about my mother all along? What secret is she hiding from me...