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Author: Hsiao-Hung Pai
Publisher: Saqi Books
Imprint: The Westbourne Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.366kg
ISBN: 9781908906069
ISBN 10: 1908906065
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 15 April 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'This is investigative journalism at its best. Fearless, rigorous and compassionate, Invisible is a shocking expose of Britain's shadow world of sex slaves that enthrals and shames by turn. A master storyteller, Hsiao-Hung Pai opens a door onto one of the most secretive and least understood communities in the UK. Essential reading for anyone interested in the real price of sex.' James Brabazon, author of My Friend the Mercenary 'To navigate the sex trade of Chinese women in the UK with Invisible is to feel the desperation of thousands of women who enter sex work as the only option for survival. Hsiao-Hung Pai has done it again; she went undercover, smelled the breath of violence, cried hidden in a brothel bathroom and videotaped the underworld of pimps and madams who make their living off slaving women in need. Hsiao-Hung deflates the myth of sex work as a free choice for migrant women.' Lydia Cacho, author of Slavery Inc.
'A profound, disturbing and compassionate account of the tragic lives of women migrant workers who live and suffer in our midst - Once read there is no place for denial or complacency - they can be invisible no longer' Helen Bamber OBE 'This is investigative journalism at its best. Fearless, rigorous and compassionate, Invisible is a shocking expose of Britain's shadow world of sex slaves that enthrals and shames by turn. A master storyteller, Hsiao-Hung Pai opens a door onto one of the most secretive and least understood communities in the UK. Essential reading for anyone interested in the real price of sex.' James Brabazon, author of My Friend the Mercenary 'To navigate the sex trade of Chinese women in the UK with Invisible is to feel the desperation of thousands of women who enter sex work as the only option for survival. Hsiao-Hung Pai has done it again; she went undercover, smelled the breath of violence, cried hidden in a brothel bathroom and videotaped the underworld of pimps and madams who make their living off slaving women in need. Hsiao-Hung deflates the myth of sex work as a free choice for migrant women.' Lydia Cacho, author of Slavery Inc.
Author Information
Hsiao-Hung Pai is an acclaimed Taiwanese-born writer and journalist. She is the author of Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2009, and Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants. Pai's report on the Morecambe Bay tragedy for the Guardian was adapted into Nick Broomfield's film Ghosts. She lives in London.
