Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
by Diablo Cody
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Author: Diablo CodyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-28
ISBN: 1592402739
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Gotham
Book Reviews of Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
Book Review: Candid and Somehow Innocent
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me explain: what do you think when you think of strippers? Drug addicts? Molested as children? Maybe they are working their way through college but... Yeah, me too. While there are all of the above in the book, Diablo herself is none of that. She is a (pretty much) normal, everyday, vanilla kind of girl. She was just curious. That formula in itself is an instant good read. Throw in her off the wall, hilarious wit and attitude and you then have quite possibly the best account of stripperdom EVER.
While reading this you will laugh, feel nausous, laugh, suddenly want to become a stripper or a phone sex operator, or (my favorite) those chicks behind the glass who guys jack off to. You will then continue to laugh, realize you could never become a stripper, want to again, laugh some more, then wonder what you want to do more, hug and comfort Diablo or cry with her when she arrives at her enavitable breakdown. The bottom line here folks is that you relate to this girl, and whats more is you genuinely LIKE her! You want her to become a stripper, then you want her to get out of it, you want her to win in whatever she sets her mind to.
This book is written so well, put together with an incredible flow that does not dissapoint from start to finish. I find that most memiors have an ending that is quite a let down; they cut you off too soon or they wrap it up so fast in a rush to get their own story over with. This book is nothing like that. In fact, I was enjoying the book so much that I started dreading the ending since I "just knew" that the usual dissapointing ending was going to ruin an otherwise awsome book. Surprise, surprise! 5 star story with a 5 star ending!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK AND I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE!!!
Summary of Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
Decreed by David Letterman (tongue in cheek) on CBS TV?s The Late Show to be the pick of ?Dave?s Book Club 2006,? Candy Girl is the story of a young writer who dared to bare it all as a stripper. At the age of twenty-four, Diablo Cody decided there had to be more to life than typing copy at an ad agency. She soon managed to find inspiration from a most unlikely source? amateur night at the seedy Skyway Lounge. While she doesn?t take home the prize that night, Diablo discovers to her surprise the act of stripping is an absolute thrill.
This is Diablo?s captivating fish-out-of-water story of her yearlong walk on the wild side, from quiet gentlemen?s clubs to multilevel sex palaces and glassed-in peep shows. In witty prose she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at this industry through a writer?s keen eye, chronicling her descent into the skin trade and the effect it had on her self-image and her relationship with her now husband.
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