
Candy Girl
A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
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Narrated by:
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Natalie Moore
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By:
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Diablo Cody
At the age of 24, 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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Critic reviews
"Good, frothy fun.... For those of us who have stared, transfixed, from a distance, wondering how the air is up there, Candy Girl is a bracing lungful." (Los Angeles Times)
"Diablo Cody is to stripping what Chuck Klosterman is to pop culture and Sarah Vowell is to American history.... Candy Girl is fiendishly funny, muscle-car fast, and frighteningly - and I do mean frighteningly - accurate." (Lily Burana, author of Strip City: A Stripper’s Farewell Journey Across America)
"[Cody is] a quick, erudite, and funny writer.... One hell of a good story." (Time Out Chicago)
Not for everyone
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What did you like best about Candy Girl? What did you like least?
The story was a new twist on the stripper/prostitute angle. This girl was not forced into the life or led there by some male taking advantage of her. She went because she tried it and became addicted, according to the story.I didn't think the reader was as bad as many said. There was not a lot of inflection in the voice, but I guess I overlooked that.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Natalie Moore?
probablyCould you see Candy Girl being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
NOPE! I would not be watching it anyway if they made it. Not opposed to sex in movies, nor to some degree, not opposed to movies about sex. I just think this is a poor venue for it. I would get really tired of watching her and her friends do pole dances and masterbation.Candy Girl?
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If you are curious about this lifestyle or just want to listen to a fun, entertaining true story, I highly reccomend this book.
I was a little put off at first by her clever phrasing and descriptions, but they are good. just roll with it. What do you expect from a showgirl, she is showing off her writing chops. It kind of reminded me of the fake diary from Gone Girl, clever and funny.
Authentic and well written.
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For young millennials
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Provacative and Interesting
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Experience Junkie
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes, but more as an example: how not to write descriptions.Has Candy Girl turned you off from other books in this genre?
No. But I would think twice about another Cody book.Did Natalie Moore do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes. I really liked the performance.Was Candy Girl worth the listening time?
Yeah, it's short enough to be okay.It's only okay
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love this audiobook
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Overall I was pleasantly surprised.
Ms. Cody illustrates a slice of this foreign world with sharp-witted humor. She conveyed tolerance and at times compassion for her fellow sex workers. And with clever wit she expressed a wide range of thoughts and feelings towards the men who paid for her services. To say that this author has an open mind is an understatement . I think I identified with Ms. Cody in the sense that her insatiable curiosity drew her to this profession. I found it refreshing as she described her love and admiration for her partner, specifically I liked how she admires him for the kind of dedicated father he is to his little daughter. I finished this book really liking Ms. Cody. Overall I am glad I chose this for a quick and non-complicated listen. It is a fun book and yes I agree, not for everyone.
Prefer a 3.5 if I could
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Dope ❤️
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