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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
by Diablo Cody
I read this book because I saw the movie "Juno" and absolutely loved it. While this book is nowhere nearly as heartwarming and lesson-teaching as the movie "Juno" was, Cody's wry humor and spot-on skewering voice remained intact in "Candy Girl". Her story of one year being a stripper/peep show girl in various shit holes in Minneapolis had me falling down laughing and also mildly disgusted by the descriptions of her customers' behavior and the different bars' sketchy management practices. As a disclaimer, do not read this book if the descriptions of pole/lap dancing, vivid nudity/pervy costumes, and other people's fetishes would gross you out. This is NOT a family-friendly book club read, but it is funny, bold, and unique. As a former women's studies chica, I highly recommend it if you want to explore the strange world of female sexuality as entrepreneurship. I look forward to reading more from Diablo Cody, and those who enjoy this book should look for her pop culture commentaries appearing every few weeks in Entertainment Weekly.