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This was between 2 stars and 3 stars for me, but I'm rounding down b/c I think she was dishonest, or at least lacking in insight. I agree w/Bridget that it's very difficult to understand how/why she got involved in this - and I think that either a) she really did it to write a book (at one point she even said she had "anthropological" yearnings to go back) and should have just said so, or b) she really doesn't know why, which is lame, and she should have worked harder to figure it out. That said
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I was a little amazed at how much this book read like "Juno" if you just inserted "stripper girl" in for "pregnant girl". Diablo Cody's dialogue and writing style was exactly the same here, which had its pluses and minuses. The story was interesting in a voyeuristic way, as I got to learn all about stripping while hiding safely behind a hardcover book. Regardless of my safe position tucked under the covers of my bed, I definitely had some "Oh my goodness, am I reading a non-fiction memoir or som
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Apr 23, 2008
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