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    <body><![CDATA[Full disclosure: I didn't read this to the end, I lost it around 125 pages in.  The first 100 pages were completely boring, understandable if the subject matter was accounting or patent law, but this book was about stripping -- if the author can't make stripping entertaining, why did they ever pick ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29944425">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you don't know anyone in the industry or know anything about it this is probably a good book to read.  It gives you an insight into stripping from the eye of the stripper and answers questions a lot of people have like &quot;how much do those girls really make?&quot;  <br/>Another thing I like a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34507198">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of me feels like a traitor to my fellow sex workers for saying there were things about this book I really hated, but more of me feels like I'd be a traitor if I *didn't* say that. Because what I really hated was the feeling of being judged for being a &quot;dirtier&quot; kind of sex worker than...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50765985">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book.  I think Burana is a pretty good writer, and I found her likable and her story engaging.  I thought her eye for detail was great and enjoyed the characters she met along the way, and I liked that she delved into the history of burlesque a bit. I am also a fan of &quot;Candy Girl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66884906">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A surprising perspective - the patients I see who prostitute are generally those who were sexually abused as children and are currently destitute, homeless, unable to provide for their families. I somehow figured the stripper population was similar... and perhaps the general population is. But this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69233644">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[very well written but left a lot to be desired. . . i read it before i ever knew anything about it, and after being in the industry for 6 years, i find it to be far too tame to portray a real understanding of what it is like to be a dancer.  very informative on the history of stripping though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book makes me want to go to more strip clubs. Not in Washington though, where they are prudes and don't serve alcohol. <br/><br/>I bought this on a trip to Portland, OR where I went to an old female-run strip club that I thoroughly enjoyed. I learned somethings about stripping and the busines...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12170785">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the book and it made me look further into the sex industry and the opinions of those who work/ed in it. But if you are looking for a better written book that is far more interesting, read Diablo Codys' book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[so iwas really excited to read this but... it wasn't so great. i much prefer candy girl by diablo cody. this book was just all over the place. it shouldve been made into three different books. the author is supposed to be on a frewell to stripping tour and the summary gives the idea that this is wha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23556969">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because it seemed like an interesting spin on the memoir genre and I was intrigued by Burana's bio and author photo: an intellectually journalist and former punk posing in a leopard print halter with big hair. I wouldn't say I was disappointed: as others have mentioned the book is p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13945520">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bor-ring. Burana supposedly goes on a fairwell tour to close the door on her pre-marriage life working in the sex industry. But it sounds more like an edgy topic chosen in order to get a book deal. There's a lot of navel gazing about why she worked as a stripper and her mixed feelings of pride/self ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5987878">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not sure how I feel about this book yet...  I'm about 1/4 of the way in, but it still feels like I am reading the first chapter.  I like stories about journeys &amp; transformation, though.  This is supposed to be &quot;A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America&quot; - so we'll see!<br/><br/>Update...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6369275">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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