Title: The Glass Cafe, or, The stripper and the state
Subtitle: how my mother started a war with the system that made us kind of rich and a little bit famous
First published: 2003
Description: Tony’s mom, Al, is a terrific single mother who works as a dancer at the Kitty Kat Club. Twelve-year-old Tony is a budding artist, inspired by backstage life at the club. When some of his drawings end up in an art show and catch the attention of the social services agency, Al and Tony find themselves in the middle of a legal wrangle and a media circus. Is Al a responsible mother? It’s the case of the stripper vs. the state, and Al isn’t giving Tony up without a fight.
Subjects: Fiction, Mothers and sons, Police, Stripteasers
LC classification: PZ7.P2843 Gl 2003