Whore of New York: A Confession
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- Author：Liara Roux
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Summary
Why would someone ever voluntarily become a sex worker？ Liara Roux writes about the salacious details leading up to her decision to become a career sex worker， and the unexpected truths she learned while working in the industry。
Liara Roux is accustomed to being mislabelled and misunderstood。
As a child， Liara’s inquisitive， instinctive， and rebellious nature was frequently problematised in a world designed around the requirements of their neurotypical， cis， heterosexual male colleagues。 Coming of age in an oppressively restrictive home， they shuffled tarot and explored self portraiture to rationalise the injustice of chronic pain， toxic lovers， and the cruel silence of divinity。
Critiquing capitalism’s mechanisms of exploitation， the conservatism of Western medicine， and the politics surrounding sex work， Whore of New York: Confessions of a Sinful Woman is a candid study of artistic awakening， and both spiritual and sexual growth after abuse， seen through the eyes of a proud outsider。
Liara Roux is accustomed to being mislabelled and misunderstood。
As a child， Liara’s inquisitive， instinctive， and rebellious nature was frequently problematised in a world designed around the requirements of their neurotypical， cis， heterosexual male colleagues。 Coming of age in an oppressively restrictive home， they shuffled tarot and explored self portraiture to rationalise the injustice of chronic pain， toxic lovers， and the cruel silence of divinity。
Critiquing capitalism’s mechanisms of exploitation， the conservatism of Western medicine， and the politics surrounding sex work， Whore of New York: Confessions of a Sinful Woman is a candid study of artistic awakening， and both spiritual and sexual growth after abuse， seen through the eyes of a proud outsider。
Reviews
Max Nussenbaum
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I buy almost all my books used， but occasionally there’s something new I’m so excited to read that I bite the bullet and buy it at full price。 This book was one of them， and it didn’t disappoint。 Fascinating， tender， heartbreaking， and at times quite hot。 I read it in one sitting。
Rebecca Maye Holiday
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Whore of New York， also sold as Whore of New York: A Confession might have been shocking and had people clutching their pearls just twenty years ago， asking who exactly this person is。 Is she a nymphomaniac？ A deviant？ Actually， Liara Roux， a voluntary sex worker， tries to get readers to understand her career and lifestyle choices from her point of view， demystifying an often misunderstood and controversial profession。 This book is also an account of trauma and abuse， written of in a secretive w Whore of New York， also sold as Whore of New York: A Confession might have been shocking and had people clutching their pearls just twenty years ago， asking who exactly this person is。 Is she a nymphomaniac？ A deviant？ Actually， Liara Roux， a voluntary sex worker， tries to get readers to understand her career and lifestyle choices from her point of view， demystifying an often misunderstood and controversial profession。 This book is also an account of trauma and abuse， written of in a secretive way that often hints at a more painful truth but never quite gets to it。 Whether or not this makes a difference for readers in terms of quality is subjective; this is Roux's story， her personal experience and no one else's， and so what readers take from it is up to their own interpretation。Whatever one's political and moral views on sex work and prostitution are， Roux's story is an intriguing and complicated one。 Leaving nothing sugarcoated， she shares her confusing childhood as a misunderstood and often lonely， rebellious girl trying to find her place in the world， and how something that meant a lot to her in her life was making other people happy。 How this psychologically and socially transitions to the choice of a career as a sex worker is a bittersweet but worthwhile and engaging story。 In time， it becomes clear that the author had to define herself in a world that wasn't designed for people like her， and that in a world priding itself on the importance of money and collective assimilation， Roux was born into a system that cannot see her， and a society that increasingly sees people as a commodity。There are some anti-capitalist views in Whore of New York that I can't say I agreed with （hence why they were selling it yesterday at a university co-op， I suppose）， but this is to be expected， given the mission statement of the book's publisher。 Ultimately， Whore of New York might have something to offend just about everybody， while also having something that deeply resonates with just about everybody。 Whether or not it's a book to be "liked" or understood， that's a matter of debate。 It's without a doubt a good book， and all in all a very memorable book， as well。 。。。more
Billie
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