No Mans Land

English

ISBN: 0670019399

EAN: 9780670019397

Category: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural/Social Science / Sociology / General/Biography & Autobiography / Women/Social Science / Gender Studies/Performing Arts / Dance / General/Social Science / Sociology / Urban/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 06/01/2008

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: The gripping, gritty tale of a young woman?s descent into the world of strip clubs and how she pulled herself out After graduating with honors from Cambridge University, Ruth Fowler was determined to experience more of life than an office cubicle. Her journey took her to Argentina, India, Nepal, and the French Riviera. It also introduced her to her alterego, Mimi,? who revels in drugs, drink, men, and a reckless lack of inhibitions. No Man?s Landdescribes Fowler?s downward spiral from self-described nerd to exotic dancer in Manhattan?s Times Square. Struggling to obtain a U.S. visa and establish herself as a journalist, she performs for cash tips in an underground system of desperate and hardened young women. In a New York club, she falls hard for Eton?a wealthy young Englishman who might once have been a peer but instead becomes fascinated not by Ruth, but by her underworld existence as Mimi. Far from attaining her dreams, she hits rock bottom, using alcohol and drugs to anesthetize herself. Ruth must find a way out of Mimi, out of stripping, away from Eton, and back into her own skin. This is a provocative look at the underground economy of sexual service and the costs it exacts. Like Koren Zailckas?s Smashed, it is a shocking, raw account about losing?and finding?identity.

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No Mans Land

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.96 inches

Width: 5.88 inches

Length: 8.58 inches

Weight: 13.79 oz

Pages: 272