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Sex, drugs and the electoral role : my unlikely journey from sex worker to Member of Parliament / Fiona Patten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patten, Fiona, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Biography.
- Women.
- Sex industry--Australia--Biography.
- Sex industry.
- Women politicians--Australia--Biography.
- Women politicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018.
- Summary:
- The incredible story of Fiona Patten, in her own inimitable words. Tireless fighter, courageous activist and effective politician who really is making a difference to her world.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Praise
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- 1 THE NEW GIRL'S OPENING
- 2 ROOTS
- 3 ADOLESCENCE
- 4 GETTING PAID
- 5 BODY POLITICS
- 6 SEX WORK
- 7 SOUL MATES
- 8 BIRDS OF PARADISE
- 9 LAUNCHING EROS
- 10 LIVING IN THE SIN BIN
- 11 CONTEMPT AND OTHER CHARGES
- 12 SAVING X
- 13 THE PUBLIC CERVIX ANNOUNCEMENT
- 14 JANICE
- 15 DRAWING THE LINE
- 16 TAKING OFFENCE
- 17 HOME MOVIES, PORN STARS
- 18 THE LOVE BUS, THE EROTIC MUSEUM AND BEYOND THE FATAL PORNO
- 19 BRIBES, BENEFICENCE AND BALLS
- 20 HYPOCRITES
- 21 TWO INTO ONE
- 22 MEETING PETA CREDLIN
- 23 CONROY'S GAP
- 24 DEMAGOGUES
- 25 RATFUCKED
- 26 GETTING ELECTED
- 27 A NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM
- 28 MY MAIDEN YEAR
- 29 DRUGS
- 30 MY MOVING STORY
- 31 VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING
- 32 AN INJECTION OF SANITY
- 33 SEEING REASON
- 34 LAST RITES
- Pic section
- EPILOGUE
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-76063-717-3
- OCLC:
- 1050712353
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