Body Shell Girl

think of my body as a shell that I could vacate, not as metaphor, or symbol but as a real possibility

Body Shell Girl is a memoir in verse about the first two years of a decade that Rose Hunter spent in the sex industry in Canada. When Rose walked into a massage parlour in Toronto in 1997, she was looking for a temporary fix to pay rent and avoid having to go back to her home country of Australia. Awkward, shy, and looking for a place to belong, she found herself in a strange world she understood little about, other than here she could make more than rent. She planned to use her earnings to buy herself an education that would secure the career of her dreams. Naively believing she could do only what was required of her, without trauma or side effects and leave the industry on her own terms, she was shattered by what unfolded. This is her story. It is also a searing portrayal of this dehumanising industry in all its destructive power.

Author: Rose Hunter
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: 05/17/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.57w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9781925950502
ISBN10: 1925950506
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Social Science | Prostitution & Sex Trade

About the Author
Rose Hunter is the author of six books of poetry, including Anchorage, and glass. Her poetry has appeared widely in literary journals in Australia, the USA, and Canada, and she has been awarded an Australia Council for the Arts grant. Rose has always drawn on her own experiences in her poetry, but in the last few years she has become interested in writing in a clearer way about her history. She is a survivor of the sex industry and intimate partner violence, and she is an alcoholic and addict in recovery.