Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl (2007, phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
Published Jan. 1, 2007 by phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Belle couldn't find a job after University. Her impressive degree was not paying her rent or buying her food. But after a fantastic threesome with a very rich couple who gave her a ton of money, Belle realized that she could earn more than anyone she knew--by becoming a call girl. The rest is history. Belle became a 20-something London working girl--and had the audacity to write about it--anonymously. The shockingly candid and explicit diary she put on the Internet became a London sensation. She shares her entire journey inside the world of high-priced escorts, including fascinating and explicit insights about her job and her clients, her various boyfriends, and a taboo lifestyle that has to be read to be believed. The witty observations, shocking revelations, and hilarious scenarios deliver like the very best fiction and make for a titillating reading experience unlike any other.
Belle couldn't find a job after University. Her impressive degree was not paying her rent or buying her food. But after a fantastic threesome with a very rich couple who gave her a ton of money, Belle realized that she could earn more than anyone she knew--by becoming a call girl. The rest is history. Belle became a 20-something London working girl--and had the audacity to write about it--anonymously. The shockingly candid and explicit diary she put on the Internet became a London sensation. She shares her entire journey inside the world of high-priced escorts, including fascinating and explicit insights about her job and her clients, her various boyfriends, and a taboo lifestyle that has to be read to be believed. The witty observations, shocking revelations, and hilarious scenarios deliver like the very best fiction and make for a titillating reading experience unlike any other.
Reads like an entertaining first draft that could or should be arranged in one or more story arcs for a satisfying read. Some nice thoughts in it, some glimpses into an interesting but yet shallow character. Guess I would have enjoyed it in blog form more.
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Doesn't really address the issues the way Tracy Quan does. Nor is she the only sex worker blogger - but she is the best known, possibly because she's 'come clean' about her profession since. The TV series also gave her some exposure but is really only 'based' on the blog.
Doesn't really address the issues the way Tracy Quan does. Nor is she the only sex worker blogger - but she is the best known, possibly because she's 'come clean' about her profession since. The TV series also gave her some exposure but is really only 'based' on the blog.
