Cover; Title page; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgments; Part One; Chapter 1: The First Question; Chapter 2: Childhood Social Exclusion; Chapter 3: My Mother's Illness; Chapter 4: A Web of Dysfunction; Chapter 5: Homelessness; Chapter 6: The First Day; Part Two; Chapter 7: Submerging in Prostitution; Chapter 8: Layers of Negativity; Chapter 9: The Interplay of Depravity; Chapter 10: The Myth of the High-Class Hooker; Chapter 11: Prostitution's Shame, Violation and Abuse; Chapter 12: The Violence Inherent to Prostitution; Chapter 13: Survival Strategies
Chapter 14: Dissociation and the Separation of SelfChapter 15: The Myth of the Happy Hooker; Chapter 16: The Myth of Prostitutes' Sexual Pleasure; Chapter 17: The Myth of Prostitutes' Control; Chapter 18: The Losses of Prostitution; Chapter 19: Misconceptions About Prostitution; Chapter 20: Legalisation and Decriminalisation; Chapter 21: The Normalisation of Prostitution; Part Three; Chapter 22: Integrating Myself into Society; Chapter 23: Depression and Suicide; Chapter 24: The Damage to Relationships and Sexuality; Chapter 25: Aftershocks; Chapter 26: The Last Question; Epilogue; Endnotes
SPACECopyright; About the Author; Author Photograph; About Gill & Macmillan
Summary
A beautifully written combination of memoir and a 'dissection' of prostitution - heart-breaking, courageous and redemptive
