The Informal Economy: Seasonal Work, Street Selling and Sex Work: 2016
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This book examines the nature and regulation of the informal economy by means of a collective case...
A Curious History of Sex
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‘Buckle your trousers, fasten your seatbelts, here comes Kate Lister. Her curious history of sex...
Sex Sexuality History of sex and sexuality Sex Workers History of gynaecology
Hidden in Plain Sight: America's Slaves of the New Millennium
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Pimp-controlled sex workers, exploited migrants, domestic servants, and sex trafficking of runaway...
Awkward Sexy People (2015)
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Jeff and Anne, two close friends and co-workers, are embarrassingly unlucky at love. They hatch a...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Exposure (East Park, #1) in Books
Sep 6, 2019
Technically she isn't a sex worker, she just poses nude/half nude for photos in a magazine. But she gets up close and personal with her male counterpart.
I really liked the story, probably thanks to my above mentioned admission.
There were a few reasons why I didn't give it a higher rating. His relationship with his girlfriend, and the ending--or the bit near the end. I'd have liked a little more of them as a couple but since I know there are more books maybe I'll see more of them in those :-)
If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry: The Occupational Humor of White Wisconsin Prison Workers
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A deeply humanistic ethnography of prison workers and their dark humor America is fascinated by...
This is London: Life and Death in the World City
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Read an exclusive blog by Ben Judah here 'Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its...
Women and Sex Tourism Landscapes
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Sexual spaces, normally inhabited by (mostly) female sex workers, are understood as masculine...
Dancers in the Wind
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Freelance journalist and single mother Hannah Weybridge is commissioned by a national newspaper to...
ClareR (5721 KP) rated Nightcrawling in Books
Aug 27, 2022 (Updated Aug 27, 2022)
Kiara, 17 years old, gets drawn in to prostitution and is picked up by a group of corrupt cops who like to ‘invite’ young sex workers to their parties. And a lot of these girls are too young. Kiara included.
It really angered me that people who were supposed to take care of and protect people, young black girls included, should take advantage and blackmail them.
Kiara and her neighbours son Trevor, live in poverty. Kiara has stopped going to school, so has no qualifications and no one will employ her. Trevor’s mother goes missing for days at a time, and Kiara sees children's services as a last resort, wholly unacceptable. So to feed them and to pay the rent, she walks the streets, sells sex, and does what the cops want her to do. These men made me feel quite murderous, actually.
Nightcrawling made me feel emotionally exhausted, but I had to read every page. It’s a story that drags you in, grabs your attention, and doesn’t let go until the last page. The fact that it’s based on a true story makes it even more saddening.
If you’re up for a challenge, I’d recommend this. It deserves its place on the Booker Prize long list.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole.