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Another good one! Especially the last story.
Check out my forthcoming review of Prose & Lore in The Review Review.
I got this as a First Reads giveaway! I'm so glad too. It was really an eye-opening and interesting read. Back a few years ago in college I took a literature class focused around feminism. We talked a lot about the sex industry and much of it focused on the bad parts - how women are exploited and raped and forced into it. And yes, there's a lot of that. But there's also the women who choose to be a part of the industry. Men and women who want to do sex work and love it, suffer through it, or thi...
I love the work that the Red Umbrella Project does and was not let down when I purchased this book while seeking the writing of Lily Fury. Her words are very emotional and eloquently realistic. This book is full of stories that hit the mark in the aim to "create empathy where there previously was indifference."
This collection of candid stories was an easy, quick read. There were only a couple that were really thought provoking, but the rest were well written and edited. There was one story in particular that I loved the style of. It was really whirling and abstract, towards the end of the anthology. I like that all the stories are from volunteers.
I don't know why reading about this industry is so fascinating, but it is. I found this book by accident and can't wait to read the other collections. Dozens of first hand experiences and fascinating points of view. Loved it.