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Fishnet
Rona Leonard was only 20 years old when she walked out of her sister Fiona's flat and disappeared.
6 years later worn down by a tedious job, child care, and an aching absence in her life Fiona's mundane existence is blown apart by the revelation that Rona has been working as a prostitute before she vanished. Driven to discover the truth, Fiona and embarks on an obsessive quest to investigate the sex industry that claimed her sister.
However, as she is drawn into this complex world, Fiona finds herself seduced by the power and offers women in a society determined to see them only as victims.
6 years later worn down by a tedious job, child care, and an aching absence in her life Fiona's mundane existence is blown apart by the revelation that Rona has been working as a prostitute before she vanished. Driven to discover the truth, Fiona and embarks on an obsessive quest to investigate the sex industry that claimed her sister.
However, as she is drawn into this complex world, Fiona finds herself seduced by the power and offers women in a society determined to see them only as victims.
334 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2019
About the author
Kirstin Innes
12 books151 followersKirstin Innes is an award-winning journalist and arts worker who lives in the west of Scotland. Fishnet, her debut novel, was published in April 2015 by Freight, and won The Guardian Not The Booker Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of anthologies and recorded for BBC Radio 4, and she's had short plays performed at Tron Theatre and The Arches in Glasgow. Her journalism has been published in The Independent, The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and The Herald, and she was assistant editor of The List magazine between 2006-2010. Kirstin won the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Arts Journalism in 2007 and 2011.
She's currently working on her second novel, Scabby Queen, and her first full-length play, Take Your Partners.
She's currently working on her second novel, Scabby Queen, and her first full-length play, Take Your Partners.
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February 15, 2021
Poignant look at the life (and secrets) of people in the Scottish sex worker industry.
I was not looking for a book like this but once I started it, I could not put it down. Quick read with memorable characters and a powerful message.
Spoiler..
My only disappointment was that the mystery that drives most of the story is never quite resolved. The ending is open ended and I wanted to know for sure where Rona was at the ending of the book. I think the open-endedness is intentional. It fits the story so still 5 stars.
I was not looking for a book like this but once I started it, I could not put it down. Quick read with memorable characters and a powerful message.
Spoiler..
My only disappointment was that the mystery that drives most of the story is never quite resolved. The ending is open ended and I wanted to know for sure where Rona was at the ending of the book. I think the open-endedness is intentional. It fits the story so still 5 stars.
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