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On a similar subject I would advice "Les Sphinx" from Griselidis Real, a swiss prostitute: http://www.editions-verticales.com/fiche_ouvrage.php?id=228&rubrique=3 http://www.editions-verticales.com/fiche_ouvrage.php?id=228&... It is in french and may not have been translated. These are collected letters she wrote while she was being treated for cancer during the last two years before her death. Very poetic, often funny, sometimes enraged. I am not sure I would have appreciated the author IRL but I certainly love her books and writing style.