"West End Girls" by Barbara Tate is an account of a working girl's maid... the story of the maid and the working girl, Mae, in London's Soho district back in the 1950's.
I can't recommend it highly enough. It had me laughing, crying and learning from it.
As far as Brooke whats-her-face is concerned I can't stand the woman. Whether her 'novel' from her blog is fictional or not I don't care for it. She glamorised the industry and today there are young women thinking that being an escort is lovely and fun and good... if only I could tell these women what it's really like!
Won't go into specifics on another book I can't stand here as it's off topic, but can anyone point me to a 'let's all dislike EL James' thread?
I'm fairly sure I've read Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl a long time ago but it didn't seem to stick in my mind... maybe worth another read now that I'm in the industry and hadn't even entertained the idea back when I read this book.
Would like to read Priceless... after having a look at the blurb for it I've decided it's going to be my next book purchase. I buy so many books though that I'm not sure when I'll get around to that one lol!