Rachel Moran

Paid For - My Journey through Prostitution (eBook, ePUB)

Surviving a Life of Prostitution and Drug Addiction on Dublin's Streets

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The author came from a difficult family background in North Dublin city and by the age of 15 she was living and working on the streets. For the next seven years she was a prostitute, both on the streets of Dublin, in brothels around the city and occasionally in other Irish locations. At the age of 22, a series of lucky breaks liberated her from life as a prostitute and started her on the path to further education and ultimately a degree in Media Studies and Sociology from Dublin City University. Paid For is her own story in her own words and in her own name. It pulls no punches. In addition to the narrative elements, it contains searing social analysis which explodes many of the myths about prostitution. The author believes there are no happy hookers. To experience prostitution is to endure a cycle of misery, danger, violence and numbness. This is a book of startling originality, courage and honesty. It tells the story of a hidden world, one which is often trivialised and glamorised, with clarity and an eloquence that is quite unique. Paid For tears away the veil that shrouds prostitution and, from her own experience, tells us the truth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gill Books
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780717156009
• Artikelnr.: 38218714

Autorenporträt

Rachel Moran grew up in north Dublin city. From a troubled family background, she was 14 when she was taken into state care. She was prostituted for seven years in Dublin and other Irish cities, beginning when she was 15 years old. In 1998, at the age of 22, she managed to extricate herself from prostitution. At 24, she returned to education and completed a degree in journalism at Dublin City University, were she won the Hybrid Award for excellence in journalism.Rachel speaks internationally on prostitution and sex trafficking, including talks at the United Nations in New York and Boston's Harvard University, and volunteers with young girls in residential care, teaching them about the harms and dangers of prostitution. Paid For, the story of her prostitution experience and a searing analysis of the prostitution industry, has been translated into Italian and German and has been praised worldwide for its bravery, honesty and insightfulness. Rachel lives in Dublin.