Girl, Undressed: On Stripping in New York City
Ruth Fowler reads her truly inspiring and often-jaw dropping memoir  detailing her journey from the United Kingdom to post 9-11 New York  City. She dreams of becoming a writer, and after completing a degree at  Cambridge, she journeys to the States only to realize that in order to  stay afloat she will have to become Mimi, a stripper. Fowler's rich,  slightly rough English accent is equally as interesting as her story;  her delivery is as honest as it can be, almost as if she is speaking  directly to the listener in an incredibly private conversation. There is  not one hint of performance or narration, this is the real deal.  Fowler's story of losing her identity is utterly captivating. A Viking  hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 14). (June)Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.