PAID FOR: MY JOURNEY THROUGH DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION: ONE BRAVE WOMAN’S ACCOUNT OF THE VIOLENCE THAT IS PROSTITUTION
Book ID/图书代码： 11978514B74260
English Summary/英文概要： Rachel Moran came from a difficult family background 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 and in the 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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 蕾切尔•莫兰的家庭非常复杂，15岁之前她一直在街头工作生活。之后的七年她成为了妓女，有时候在都柏林的街头，有时候在城市的妓院，偶尔会在爱尔兰的其他区域。22岁的时候，一些幸运的事情发生在了她身上，蕾切尔结束了卖淫的生活，开始学习，并最终获得了都柏林大学的媒体研究和社会学学位。
《代价》是以蕾切尔自己为主人公，讲述了自身的遭遇。《代价》还不遗余力地揭露了有关妓女的社会分析。作者认为这世界上没有快乐的妓女，卖淫的过程令人陷入绝望、危险、暴力、麻木的死循环中。《代价》一书充满了创意、勇气和真诚，揭示了这个世界中被分解、美化和隐藏的一面。《代价》揭开了笼罩在卖淫这一社会事件上的面纱，并以作者的亲身遭遇让我们看到了事实的真相。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：这部自传揭开了卖淫的真相，作者的经历令人心碎，同时她的勇气也使自己获得了救赎。
A beautifully written combination of memoir and a ‘dissection’ of prostitution – heart-breaking, courageous and redemptive
About the Author/作者介绍： 蕾切尔•莫瑞在都柏林北部出生长大。因为复杂的家庭背景，她十四岁的时候被带到了国家监护中心。她无家可归，15岁的时候开始参与卖淫，在之后的七年时间里辗转于都柏林和爱尔兰的其他城市。
1998年，蕾切尔22岁的时候脱离了卖淫的生活。24岁的时候她终于有机会重新学习，随后获得了多柏林大学的新闻学学位，在校期间她还获得过海博德奖学金。
蕾切尔在国际范围内讲述有关卖淫和性拐卖的事件，并志愿去社区护理中心为那些年轻女孩讲述卖淫的伤害和危险。蕾切尔现居于都柏林北部。
Rachel Moran grew up in North Dublin city. From a troubled family background, she was fourteen when she was taken into state care. She became homeless and got involved in prostitution at aged fifteen, working in Dublin and other Irish cities for the following seven years.
In 1998 at the age of 22, she liberated herself from that life. At 24 she got on the path to further education, gaining a degree in journalism from Dublin City University, where she won the Hybrid Award for excellence in journalism.
She speaks internationally on prostitution and sex-trafficking and volunteers to talk to young girls in residential care about the harms and dangers of prostitution. She lives in North Dublin.
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