Status Updates From Chinese Whispers: The True ...

‘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.'

‘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...

‘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.

Not in the mood for this. Adding it back to the TBR and may come back to it at some point.

The subject is fascinating, but the writing… not so good.