Any Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Prostitution in Ireland

Any Girl is a first-hand account of Ireland's sex trade, written by a psychotherapist who specializes in sexual trauma. It sheds light on the experiences of women in the industry, challenging dominant perceptions and offering a radical act of truthtelling.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2023
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Searing and generous ... a blazing beacon

- Donal Ryan

Every man and woman should read this

- Sabina Higgins

Written with honesty, power and insight

- Róisín Ingle

Immensely valuable ... raw and vulnerable

- Irish Times

A sobering ... timely call to arms

- Irish Independent

How does a young woman find herself involved in prostitution in Ireland? In an era that asks us to take a sex-positive view of it, how does this translate in reality? And why aren’t we talking about it more?

Any Girl is one woman’s first-hand account of Ireland’s sex trade. An experience of sexual exploitation as a teenager carved a direct path for Mia into the world of prostitution, a hidden part of her life during her college years in Dublin. There, in a system of casual entitlement, she met with abuse, violence and degradation, finally leaving it behind at age 24.

Over a decade on, now a psychotherapist specialising in sexual trauma, Mia shares her remarkable story with passion and a determination to challenge dominant perceptions of prostitution today. Any Girl amounts to a radical act of truthtelling that shines with courage and hope.

A powerful and important book

- Ivana Bacik, T.D.

Will open your eyes and your heart to a hidden world that most choose to ignore

- Jarlath Regan

Weight: 228g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529371833