Donna Gentile was born and raised in Philadelphia, had a troubled childhood, was put in group home, did not have a good relationship with either parent, ran away from the group home, and landed in San Diego, CA.

Many women find themselves homeless and unable to find work like Donna which led her to work “sometimes” as a prostitute when she moved to San Diego, California. She did not have a pimp. Donna’s story is sad in so many ways and is an example of how a young girl can be abused by men in authority. Even when she tried to get out the life of prostitution, stability was not her friend, which happens to females of all ethnic backgrounds who are forced into poverty and homelessness. Donna become a police informant, versus time in jail, which led to her death according to how the story reads, which is quite plausible.

Donna’s story can be any female’s story that is a sex worker. The book is educational, and reality based, and a page-turner. Sex has been bought and sold as long as females have been designated as 2nd and 3rd class citizens (according to race) since the beginning of time. Prostitution is a way of survival for many females who can’t find work. There are thousands of women who have children to feed, rent to pay, utilities to keep on, lack skills, and no one will help them EXCEPT a male willing to pay for sex. These men will not refer these women for a legitimate job, but they will pay them for sex.

In the Donna Gentile story, there is the mention of Sex Workers/Prostitutions versus “The Me Too” social awareness campaign that turned into a national awakening and reckoning against men who have raped and sexually abused women. My viewpoint is that being raped against ones will (female or male) versus putting yourself out there for sexual hire is two distinct different things. I am firmly opposed to even the slightest amount of violence imposed against women by men in either case.

I believe that many readers will feel empathy and champion Donna Gentile throughout the story, because she is each and every female who has struggled with homeless, joblessness, being underpaid, working multiple jobs, still not being able to make ends meet, and chooses prostitution as a means to survive.

Many readers will point the finger at the police as the reason Donna Gentile was murdered according to the information presented in this book. She ended up being a snitch. And everyone that reads the book will feel that the police are covering up evidence by sealing Donna’s autopsy FOREVER, never to be opened, which should not be the case. Apparently, more of the truth of the matter is in the autopsy, which is a good reason this book has “dramatic cold case movie” written all over it.

https://womenagainsthuman-trafficking.com/blog/post/946010/the-donna-gentile-story-a-cold-case-murder-never-solved-about-a-sex-worker

The Donna Gentile Story can be purchased via www.Amazon.com More about the story can be found at https://donnamariegentile.com/