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Tom
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‘He was an overweight man in his twenties, who gave off a strong smell of sweat. The manageress shouted, ‘Customer here!’ ‘She looked tiny and thin. In the dim orange light, she displayed herself like an ornament, with a tired smile under her high cheekbones. I was so overwhelmed by the emptiness of her watery eyes that I forgot what to say to the customer.'
— Jun 29, 2024 12:51PM
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Tom
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‘Xiao Fen’s inability to speak English acted as a protection, helping her to detach herself mentally from what she was doing.’
‘After the first day she thought… it’s not so bad after all. It’s just a matter of pleasing men, and women have been doing that since time began.’
But then 12 hour days, blur into 14. The dull pain of working through her period...
— Jun 29, 2024 11:38AM
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‘After the first day she thought… it’s not so bad after all. It’s just a matter of pleasing men, and women have been doing that since time began.’
But then 12 hour days, blur into 14. The dull pain of working through her period...
Tom
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‘If you don’t want to do the whole session, you can just buy parts. £3 for touching her face and hair. £10 for touching the upper part of her body. £20 for fondling the lower part of her body. Would you like a cup of tea first?’ – A Chinese female housekeeper at a brothel in Cheam, Surrey 2007 - This book is so upsetting, but important. Undercover look at exploitation of undocumented Chinese migrant women in UK.
— Jun 29, 2024 11:35AM
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Sarah
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Not in the mood for this. Adding it back to the TBR and may come back to it at some point.
— Dec 31, 2021 04:22AM
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Sarah
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The subject is fascinating, but the writing… not so good.
— Dec 28, 2021 02:57PM
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