My name is Mathilde, a.k.a. Mathilda. I'm 37 years old, and work as a prostitute in order to be a free woman.

"Most often holding down low-paying jobs, like most women, I decided to become an escort on the side to climb out of my social class and no longer be a cheap, disposable object. I've been leading my double life for a decade now, and today men, but also women, respect me for who I am. I love my life, and own it completely."
In this unusual account, Mathilde takes readers into an activity at once fascinating and little discussed – at least not in this way. From family to friends, lovers to clients, her work to her first trick, she opens up about the lifestyle she's chosen, because she's through with hiding.