Wanting You to Want Me by Bronwen Parker-Rhodes & Emily Dinsdale - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781784884666. Publisher: Hardie Grant Books (UK). Age Range: Adult. Overview:. Wanting You to Want Me is a searingly honest work of narrative non-fiction that pulls back the curtain on London's strip club scene. Compiled by journalist Emily Dinsdale and filmmaker Bronwen Parker-Rhodes, both of whom worked as dancers themselves, the book gathers first-person, anonymous testimonies direct from the women behind the industry. Rather than sensationalising, it treats its subjects with empathy and nuance, exploring agency, economics, and emotional labour. Illustrated with original photography, this hardback is a compelling read for anyone drawn to memoir, social history, or candid explorations of work, identity, and womanhood in modern Britain.. About the Book:. Told entirely through anonymous first-person accounts, Wanting You to Want Me assembles years of conversations Dinsdale and Parker-Rhodes had with dancers across London's strip clubs, many gathered while the authors themselves worked inside the industry. The stories move fluidly between settings: gossip and camaraderie in the changing rooms, the choreography of trust and performance on the dance floor, and the far more complicated intimacy of the private booth, where boundaries between client and dancer blur in unexpected ways. Some voices recall the financial precarity that drew them into the work; others describe surprising friendships, moments of dark humour, and a...