It is the story of her life as a prostitute, decorated with graphic descriptions of sexual acts, including rendezvous with couples in the "love motels" found scattered throughout Brazil, and also something of a manifesto for sexual freedom, written like a self-help guide.
The reaction has been curiosity, respect and even support — signs of how the wheels of social change are turning in Brazil. This highly sexualised society indulges promiscuity in its men but looks askance at female sexuality even as it prizes the beauty of its women, argues da Silva, a literature and language graduate.
She writes that she enjoys her work, embraces pleasure and gets paid — controversial sentiments for contradictory Brazil, a country that is obsessed with sex but deeply religious, conservative and macho. Added her friend Suzane Albino, "She had the liberty and strength to do what she wanted. Lola Benvenutti began as a blog persona, as da Silva used prostitution to pay her way through college.
In an interview the day after the launch, she drew a distinction between her book and a novel by former prostitute Rachel Pacheco, later made into the hit Brazilian movie "Bruna Surfistinha. I do everything to have pleasure.
Da Silva said Brazilian society has a problem with female sexuality. Brazilian women like her are increasingly challenging this. The country is awash with sexually explicit literature — , read online the erotic romance "Love Has No Laws," by first-time writer Camila Moreira, according to Brazil's biggest newspaper, the Folha de S.
