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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Belle de Jour (Anonymous), 2007
Grand Central Publishing
304 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780446540827

Summary
Belle couldn't find a job after University. Her impressive degree was not paying her rent or buying her food. But after a fantastic threesome with a very rich couple who gave her a ton of money, Belle realized that she could earn more than anyone she knew—by becoming a call girl. The rest is history.

Belle became a 20-something London working girl—and had the audacity to write about it—anonymously. The shockingly candid and explicit diary she put on the Internet became a London sensation. She shares her entire journey inside the world of high-priced escorts, including fascinating and explicit insights about her job and her clients, her various boyfriends, and a taboo lifestyle that has to be read to be believed.

The witty observations, shocking revelations, and hilarious scenarios deliver like the very best fiction and make for a titillating reading experience unlike any other. The book has been turned into a Showtime series. (From the publisher.)

The book was adapted to a British TV series, which aired from 2007-2011.