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Rita Therese Is The Game Changing Author We Need RN

Her debut book 'Come' is a must-read - by Lucy Taylor
  • 31 Jul 2020
Rita Therese Is The Game Changing Author We Need RN

“Do you want to know the weird thing? My book essentially set me free. It’s filled with all these dark secrets and thoughts I have been carrying around for 10 years,” says Rita Therese with a sigh of relief. “The book went out in the post and I was finally done. That chapter of my life was now closed, and I got to move on.” The book she’s talking about is Come, an unbelievably raw memoir of her time as a sex worker, dealing with trauma and juggling two personas.

The writer’s voice is bright and bubbly as she recounts stories from her time in a brothel in remote Western Australia and on the set of an escort photo shoot. However, it’s clear her energy hasn’t always been this way. Her tone becomes sombre when she touches on the dark periods of her life: surviving emotional and sexual trauma and coming to terms with her substance abuse issues. It was writing her book that pulled her through. She describes it as a form of “cheap therapy”, a space where she could talk freely without speaking to someone directly about the horrors she was exposed to. “I want to reach out to those who feel alone, or those who have experienced similar trauma and are lost in it. If one person reads Come and finds comfort in the fact they are not alone in their experiences, that’s enough for me,” says Therese, 26.

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The amazing @mikemonteiro and I have teamed up to do a livestream book launch for Quarantine Book Club! Come and watch me shake my money maker and crack open a bottle of wine on cam as I answer questions, do a reading and essentially throw a party in my lounge room. Please hit up my linktree and click "Quarantine Book Club Launch" and then save Tuesday March 31st @ 11am in your calendar for Melbourne time! American buddies: this means I'll be live Monday 30th at 5pm (Mike and I worked hard to find a timezone that meant both Australians and Americans could watch!) UK pals - you'll need to use a time zone calculator to see when you'll be able to watch. You can buy a ticket or watch for free - any profits I make from my cut of tickets will be donated to a SW emergency relief fund ♥️♥️♥️♥️

As she moves onto the next chapter of her life (studying law), Therese is open to the idea of a TV series or movie based on her book, but “only if I can pick all the music and my character. I can’t stand the thought of seeing myself as some fresh 18-year-old, straight out of drama school pretending to give a blow job!”

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