The way the book portrays the life of an Irish Prostitute in the mid twentieth century is, sadly, very true to life.
Lyn
For some really horrifying true stories, you might want to read this book, available of Amazon....
Paid for
When you are fifteen years old and destitute, too unskilled to work and too young to claim unemployment benefit, your body is all you have left to sell.
Rachel Moran
Rachel Moran came from a troubled family background. Taken into State care at fourteen, she became homeless and got involved in prostitution aged fifteen. For the next seven years Rachel worked as a prostitute, isolated, drug-addicted, outside of society. Rachel's experience was one of violence, loneliness, and relentless exploitation and abuse...
A shocking story - available from Amazon
The Magdalen Sisters
While not directly about prostitution, many girls who were considered 'wayward' or pregnant outside marriage, were put in the now infamous Magdalen Laundries. This is an award-winning and very moving film about the lives of thee teen girls put away to wash shirts and labour 'beyond normal limits of endurance' to pay for their sins. A tragic example of church and government colluding to curb prostitution and earn money on the side and promote the mistaken believe that you can earn God's forgiveness. Be prepared for sad endings to the lives of these kids.
Charlene ended up in an Industry School, often used as a transit location for girls destined to end up in these wash-houses.
Hookers for Jesus - An escape route out of prostitution
Janet pulling Charlene out of her life of prostitution isn't just wishful fiction.
My name is Tyricka. I’m 23 years old and I have been saved from the life of prostitution. When I was a little girl, I had dreams of becoming a schoolteacher or even a basketball player. But those dreams suddenly vanished because all my hope was lost starting at the age of seven, due to being sexually abused by my own family members.
By the time I turned fifteen years old, I was dating men old enough to be my father. And when I turned 18, I was being sex trafficked by a man I thought loved me. Because of my age and vulnerability, I was easily manipulated into the life of prostitution. By the time I turned 20 years old I had been through things no young adult should ever have to endure.
I didn’t have any good guidance in my life. I lost all hope, degraded myself, and couldn’t see a bright future. Then suddenly, I found out about Hookers for Jesus...
They made me feel like I was important and worthy, no matter how I looked at the time or where I had been... I knew I needed healing from my rotten past and to develop the skills to live a decent, honest, and productive life. So, I eventually moved into Destiny House. I’ve been living here for several months now learning and healing and discovering amazing things about God, myself... I have learned to treat myself and others with love, respect and honesty...
Read the full story on the Hookers for Jesus website.
