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Any Girl: A Memoir of Sexual Exploitation and Recovery by Mia Döring
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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Every now and again along comes a book that I struggle to review and Any Girl is definitely one of those.
Any Girl is Mia Döring's story about sexual exploitation, resilience, tenacity and recovery. Her story isn't one which is straight forward or pleasant to read and it isn't one that has all the answers. In fact, it left me with so many questions when I finished and I think that is the importance of this book.
Mia opens the conversation on sex work and it's relentless exploitation of those involved. Within the pages of this very honest and raw memoir she gives some insight into a world that the majority of people are lucky to be ignorant of.
There were many points where I paused and put the book down, sometimes in horror and other times questioning certain aspects but what is clear is that this is a book to be read and to consider.
While I stated that it's a world so many are ignorant of, I also think it's a world that so many of us would be surprised to see how close we or those we may know are to it.
Mia through her bravery equally normalises sex work and while also shining a glaring light on its horrors and can only be commended for her brutal honesty in sharing her story. A must read for those who don't want to keep their heads buried in the sand.
Any Girl is Mia Döring's story about sexual exploitation, resilience, tenacity and recovery. Her story isn't one which is straight forward or pleasant to read and it isn't one that has all the answers. In fact, it left me with so many questions when I finished and I think that is the importance of this book.
Mia opens the conversation on sex work and it's relentless exploitation of those involved. Within the pages of this very honest and raw memoir she gives some insight into a world that the majority of people are lucky to be ignorant of.
There were many points where I paused and put the book down, sometimes in horror and other times questioning certain aspects but what is clear is that this is a book to be read and to consider.
While I stated that it's a world so many are ignorant of, I also think it's a world that so many of us would be surprised to see how close we or those we may know are to it.
Mia through her bravery equally normalises sex work and while also shining a glaring light on its horrors and can only be commended for her brutal honesty in sharing her story. A must read for those who don't want to keep their heads buried in the sand.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence
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