Carla van Raay
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Carla van Raay is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

-born author residing in Australia
Australia
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. Born in Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

, The Netherlands, she and her family moved to Australia when she was young and she was educated at a convent
Convent
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, becoming a nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...

 when she became of age.

After leaving the convent, van Raay chose to become a callgirl as she had been naive about sex during her education and had experienced sexual abuse as a child. Her memoir
Memoir
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, God's Callgirl documents her childhood and career as sex worker, ending after her decision to cease that occupation. After falling in love, she wrote a sequel documenting that part of her life. She now works as a counselor for victims of sexual abuse.

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