During the course of their interviews, Gayle and Leslie spoke with a number of individuals who access Stepping Stone. Therefore, we found it fitting to use some of the quotes that appear in 'Talk Back' on our website. We would like to thank Gayle and Leslie, along with the folks at UBC Press for granting us permission to use these quotes.

We all agree at Stepping Stone, that this book is a must read for anyone who wants to learn more about sex work in the Maritimes and the realities of sex workers lives. Copies of this book are available for purchase at Outside the Lines in Halifax or through Amazon.com. A portion of the proceeds from the books sales go to support Stepping Stone programs and services.

Sex workers are often the "objects" of study for academics and policy makers. Theories about their lives and the policies that affect their work are usually developed without input from the sex workers themselves, as they are rarely seen as capable of analyzing the social and political world in which they work.

In this book, however, sex workers set the tone. Leslie Ann Jeffrey and Gayle MacDonald interview sex workers in three Maritime cities and those who work around them: police, health-care providers, community workers/advocates, members of neighbourhood associations, and politicians.