{"product_id":"9781743340714","title":"Mattress Actress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMattress Actress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the story of Annika Cleeve's eighteen years as a sex worker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer troubled childhood in Queensland led to working in a brothel on the Sunshine Coast at the age of fifteen, and from there Annika worked her way up to the high-end parlours, agencies and private work in various parts of Australia and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book Annika reveals the truth of a sex worker's life; the clients, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egirls, the parlour bosses, the rip-off merchants, the drug deaths, the white slavery, the discrimination, the corrupt police and politicians, the exotic travel and the money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMattress Actress\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing and gutsy look at someone practising the world's oldest profession in the late twentieth century. From wide-eyed innocent to experienced and successful professional, Annika's story is both shocking and highly entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Annika Cleeve is not her real name but this is her real story: a raw and honest account of life in the raw as a new recruit to the oldest profession.\" – Andrew Rule\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso published as \u003ci\u003eEve: Confessions of an International Call Girl \u003c\/i\u003eby Monsoon Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166276042992,"sku":"9781743340714","price":9.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743340714_p0.jpg?v=1763704647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743340714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}