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- ↑ "The Happy Hooker on being happy ever after". independent. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "As a sex worker I wanted to write a novel that shows the truth about prostitution". inews.co.uk. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer on The Happy Hooker: "He said he found it fascinating that her book, which has sold 20 million copies to date, is still being picked up today". (26 June 2008)
- ↑ John Cassidy, "The hell-raiser", Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2000, Good Weekend, p. 80
- ↑ "'Happy Hooker' Gives her take on Feminism, Sexuality". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ Bindel, Julie (2019). The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 39. ISBN 978-1349959471.
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- ↑ "THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO WASHINGTON | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood