Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
by Diablo Cody | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1592402739 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1592402739 Global Overview for this book
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From Publishers Weekly
Why, you might ask, would a healthy, college-educated young woman start stripping for a living, when she could work in a nice, clean office? Cody, now an arts editor for Minneapolis's alternative weekly, had spent her whole life (all 24 years) "choking on normalcy, decency and Jif sandwiches with the crusts amputated." When she moved from Chicago to Minnesota to live with the new boyfriend she'd found on the "World Wide Waste of Time," she took a job at an ad agency—a setup with good "porn shui" (desk well angled for undetected online porn surfing) but not much else. Attracted by a local bar's amateur stripping contest, Cody soon moved from stage stripping to lap dancing, from tableside to bedside customer service and, finally, peep-show sex. Removing her clothes and dry-humping strangers in sex clubs had become her way of escaping premature respectability. Quite inexplicably, her boyfriend was completely cool with her new occupation, even joining her on occasional sex jaunts. When the inevitable burnout set in, Cody switched to phone sex, until that, too, got old, and the 9-to-5 straight world beckoned. Cody's so alarmingly entertaining, readers will wish the book were longer, though they'll be glad it ends before anything really ugly happens.
Why, you might ask, would a healthy, college-educated young woman start stripping for a living, when she could work in a nice, clean office? Cody, now an arts editor for Minneapolis's alternative weekly, had spent her whole life (all 24 years) "choking on normalcy, decency and Jif sandwiches with the crusts amputated." When she moved from Chicago to Minnesota to live with the new boyfriend she'd found on the "World Wide Waste of Time," she took a job at an ad agency—a setup with good "porn shui" (desk well angled for undetected online porn surfing) but not much else. Attracted by a local bar's amateur stripping contest, Cody soon moved from stage stripping to lap dancing, from tableside to bedside customer service and, finally, peep-show sex. Removing her clothes and dry-humping strangers in sex clubs had become her way of escaping premature respectability. Quite inexplicably, her boyfriend was completely cool with her new occupation, even joining her on occasional sex jaunts. When the inevitable burnout set in, Cody switched to phone sex, until that, too, got old, and the 9-to-5 straight world beckoned. Cody's so alarmingly entertaining, readers will wish the book were longer, though they'll be glad it ends before anything really ugly happens.
A gift from Secret Santa
Joy! Joy! Thank you SO much, L1nda!!!!!!!! This was a very pleasant and most welcomed surprise. I didn't really jump the gun on the Secret Santa Surprise—I opened this now while celebrating Hanukkah with my hubby's family. I'll be out of town for the latter part of December, so it was either now or January!
But...I'm tickled pink. I read about this book a few months ago and read an interview with the author. I knew I had to read the book and added it to my wishlist. I don't know if I'll start it now or save it and read it as my first book of 2008. :) Either way, I'm thrilled with it and with the labels you included, so many thanks and big hugs to you, L1nda.
Happy holidays from a very happy Secret Santa recipient. :)
But...I'm tickled pink. I read about this book a few months ago and read an interview with the author. I knew I had to read the book and added it to my wishlist. I don't know if I'll start it now or save it and read it as my first book of 2008. :) Either way, I'm thrilled with it and with the labels you included, so many thanks and big hugs to you, L1nda.
Happy holidays from a very happy Secret Santa recipient. :)
