Petala Parreira, the writing hooker
About the author: Petala Parreira (in English: Petal of Wine) lives in a Brazilian port city in the state of Espirito Santo. She began prostituting herself regularly at the age of 14 to pay off debts, urged by "friends" and cousins. She has always tried to do her job well and with dedication, and friendships with other prostitutes have always been important to her, soon also via the internet. After getting to know the organization "Hookers for Jesus" (Hookers for Jesus), she got involved in it and got to know prostitutes from other countries with their often moving and heartbreaking, often cruel, sad but also sometimes encouraging stories. Her books include the story of a Thai girl who falls into the clutches of the notorious Russian mafia through the international trafficking in girls, as well as the fate of a young girl who is put in a men's prison in Brazil or the report of one of the girls who was kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram an