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y separately published work icon Come : A Memoir single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Come : A Memoir
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'Rita is an escort, one of the best in Australia. It all began on a whim at 18, after she rang the number on a sign looking for nude models. Estranged from her parents and always the outsider, she quickly learns the sex industry is comprised of many other people just like her. Rita becomes immersed in this world—the drugs, the late nights, the glamour, being an outcast, the attention and validation from men and, like a sponge, she soaks it all up. Mostly she thrives on how taboo her life has become. Her only stable relationships are with her two older siblings and when they both suicide, within eight months of each other, her life spirals.

'In this achingly honest memoir, Rita learns that death and trauma do not always bring grand transformative experiences. Sometimes in order to go forward, we have to write our own stories and choose to keep living. With its unflinching, compelling and darkly funny narrative, Come announces a fearless new talent in Australian writing.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2020 .
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      Extent: xiv, 246p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 2020.
      ISBN: 9781760875022

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

New Sex-Work Literature Millie Baylis , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 81 no. 1 2022; Meanjin Online 2022;

— Review of Happy Endings Bella Green , 2021 single work autobiography ; Come : A Memoir Rita Therese , 2020 single work autobiography

'We’ve come a long way in the representation of sex work in Australian literature. In 2016 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) programmed a panel comprising anti-sex-work campaigners to discuss the ‘devastating impact of prostitution’ without any actual sex workers present. And I remember—as a closeted sex worker wanting to be a writer at the time—watching the sex-worker community call this out, while for the most part people in literary circles did not seem to notice or care.'  (Introduction)

Quarantine Q&A : Rita Therese 2020 2020 single work interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
Come Too Close Kate Holden , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 June 2020; (p. 17)

— Review of Come : A Memoir Rita Therese , 2020 single work autobiography
Come Too Close Kate Holden , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 June 2020; (p. 17)

— Review of Come : A Memoir Rita Therese , 2020 single work autobiography
New Sex-Work Literature Millie Baylis , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 81 no. 1 2022; Meanjin Online 2022;

— Review of Happy Endings Bella Green , 2021 single work autobiography ; Come : A Memoir Rita Therese , 2020 single work autobiography

'We’ve come a long way in the representation of sex work in Australian literature. In 2016 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) programmed a panel comprising anti-sex-work campaigners to discuss the ‘devastating impact of prostitution’ without any actual sex workers present. And I remember—as a closeted sex worker wanting to be a writer at the time—watching the sex-worker community call this out, while for the most part people in literary circles did not seem to notice or care.'  (Introduction)

Quarantine Q&A : Rita Therese 2020 2020 single work interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
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