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Memoirs
A radically honest account of surviving sexual exploitation in the Irish sex trade, in a psychotherapist's literary debut of past trauma and the integration of lives past and present.
'Searing and generous ... a blazing beacon' - Donal Ryan
'Every man and woman should read this' - Sabina Higgins
'Written with honesty, power and insight' - Roisin Ingle
'Immensely valuable ... raw and vulnerable' - Irish Times
'A sobering ... timely call to arms' - Irish Independent
How does a young woman find herself involved in prostitution in Ireland? In an era that asks us to take a 'sex-positive' view of it, how does this translate in reality? And why aren't we talking about it more?
Any Girl is one woman's first-hand account of Ireland's sex trade.
An experience of sexual exploitation as a teenager carved a direct path for Mia into the world of prostitution, a hidden part of her life during her college years in Dublin. There, in a system of casual entitlement, she met with abuse, violence and degradation, finally leaving it behind at age 24.
Over a decade on, now a psychotherapist specialising in sexual trauma, Mia shares her remarkable story with passion and a determination to challenge dominant perceptions of prostitution today. Any Girl amounts to a radical act of truthtelling that shines with courage and hope.
'A powerful and important book' - Ivana Bacik, T.D.
'Will open your eyes and your heart to a hidden world that most choose to ignore' Jarlath Regan
Praise for Any Girl: A Memoir of Sexual Exploitation and Recovery
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An immensely powerful memoir, written with absolute courage and grace. Searing and generous, Any Girl holds a blazing beacon for others - Donal Ryan
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A powerful and compassionate deconstruction of one of the most insidious forms of male violence. Every young woman and man should read this - Sabina Higgins, First Woman of Ireland
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"An extremely courageous memoir; an unveiling of rare tenderness, introspection, self and truth." - RACHEL MORAN, author of Paid For, Surviving a Life of Prostitution and Drug Addiction on Dublin s Streets
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'Any Girl is a vivid and vital piece of work. Doring's talent is raw and rare and her story, while uniquely hers, speaks to the collective trauma of young womanhood. In her words, we will find ourselves - we are all Any Girl.' - Sophie White, author
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Written with honesty, power and insight - Roisin Ingle
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Mia is to be commended for her immense courage in writing this powerful and important book, which provides a chilling account of the brutal lived reality of the sex trade - Ivana Bacik, T.D.
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