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  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Andrea Werhun
  • Narrated by: Andrea Werhun
  • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Modern Whore

Written by: Andrea Werhun
Narrated by: Andrea Werhun
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Publisher's Summary

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE PRODUCED BY SEAN BAKER.

Oh, the places a whore will go: Strip clubs, four-star hotels, stinking basement apartments, luxury cottages. A striking memoir by Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin documents Andrea's sex work career in lush photography and powerful words—in all its slippery, sexy, silly and sometimes heartbreaking glory.

Andrea Werhun's sex work career gave her money, freedom, joy, and a lot of dick. A natural performer, she revelled in the opportunity to invent Mary Ann, her escort counterpart, and introduce her to men all over the city. She whores, she learns, she writes it all down, and then, as per a signed document she handed to her Catholic mother in her early twenties, she quits. To become a stripper.

Andrea and Nicole revisit the idea of the modern whore, with the enhanced perspective of Andrea's experience at the strip club. This new, engorged edition of the sold-out memoir-cum-art book expands on the original concept--a series of vignettes exploring the many identities sex workers adopt in the service of their clients and in the eyes of the public--in both a literal and literary way. But Andrea doesn't shy away from the serious side of sex work, either, exploring the risks sex workers take, and the rights our culture is constantly taking away from them.

This series of stories and portraits investigate the many ways we imagine—and mistake—the modern whore. It's Playboy if the Playmates were in charge.

©2022 Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin (P)2022 McClelland & Stewart

What the critics say

"Modern Whore is for the daring heart in all of us. This is not just a sex worker’s story, it is the work of an artist, of partnership, of sisterhood, of where storytelling becomes the body and the body becomes the story. The romance in this memoir isn’t literal, it’s unapologetic. This is about advocacy. It’s about choice. Andrea Werhun pulls you in with her cabaret-esque personality, full of wit and wisdom, championed by Nicole Bazuin’s keen understanding of the moment. It is a privilege to witness someone dance their way into their authentic self, saying: this is where it hurts, this is where it feels good, and this is where it matters. In parts a whore’s victory guide, but it is also a fierce reminder of why we create."—Téa Mutonji, author of Shut Up You’re Pretty

"Delightful and righteous, Andrea Werhun spits in the face of tyrants and single-handedly unpacks the body/mind conundrum for girls. Proving that there is no story without the body, Modern Whore is a CanLit shakedown."—Tamara Faith Berger, author of Maidenhead

"By turns breathtakingly fun and poignantly serious, Modern Whore is an original—a feminist memoir that fearlessly explores sex, money and taking life into your own hands. But the book also deserves to be recognized as a classic coming-of-age story about an adventurous young woman, who just happens to be chasing her dreams in the sex industry. I loved how Modern Whore turns the tables on men, making the hard-working, shrewd and hilariously honest women in the sex industry like Werhun the centre of the story. Werhun never lets us forget that life in the strip club has more than one dimension."—Chanelle Gallant, writer, strategist, and sex worker advocate

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Must Read: Our Torontonian Sexwork Hero!

Format: Straightforward cronological order, distilled to the most fascinating highlights.

Reading: Her intended voice, alongside vibrant character voices! The settings come alive.

Sex workers and civilians will be inspired. I will absolutely support her bid for Prime Minister!

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All filler

This book is all filler with lots of lists.

The first half of this book follows the author’s experiences as an escort with top ten lists, rules to be an escort (according to the author) and glowing client reviews which are followed by the author’s boorish take on the review. Kind of boring with the exception of the disabled client section.
Part two (the best part of the book) is about her time as an exotic dancer. I wish she had spent more time telling stories from the club. Very insightful, sexy and funny.
There are a few unnecessary chapters about raping gods and St. Agatha which are in the book to pad the pages.
Pro - the author reads her own book and she has a great voice for audio books.
But she should not sing. Yes there is an entire song sung by the author (more filler)

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