Lori works illegally in a rented flat in central London, living in fear of police raids which could mean losing her small daughter and her dream of a new life. Freya is a student who finds she can make far more money as an escort than she could in an office; life, after all, is already a tangle of madness and dissociation. And Paula is a journalist whose long-term campaign against prostitution has brought her some strange bedfellows. After a shock change to the law, with brothels being raided by the authorities, lives across the country are fractured. As a threat from Lori's past begins to catch up with her, the three women are increasingly, inevitably drawn into each other's orbit The Service is a powerful and challenging novel about women's bodies, sex and relationships, mental health, entitlement, authenticity, privilege and power - as shocking as any dystopia, but touching and deeply humane.

About the Author
Frankie Miren is a writer, journalist and sex worker activist. She's written for places like the Guardian, Independent, VICE, Buzzfeed and New Socialist. The Service is informed by 25 years dropping in and out of sex work, in various conditions and on several continents. Frankie is part of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and the Sex Workers Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM) and is involved in the fight for decriminalisation.


Book Information
ISBN 9781910312872
Author Frankie Miren
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Influx Press
Publisher Influx Press
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 27mm