This was the most bizarre book I've read in a while. I'm still unsure what exactly happened. We got to see inside a spiral as it was happening to someone. I was left unsure what was real and what was fantasy, or perhaps substance induced. It was interesting...

ARC for review. To be published February 4, 2025. im on a stripper kick i guess with anora and now this. we follow baby a stripper in san fran and it was just such a hilarious and wild ride. the narrator was soooo good i really enjoyed the audiobook and would recommend picking it up on its release! just a fun ex[ploration of being human and what it all means. very fun very kinky!

This is definitely not the story I expected given the title. It's a story of grief, longing, and desperation of a young woman in San Francisco who becomes a stripper and ultimately starts to lose her grip on reality on her quest to find her missing boyfriend. The narrator makes you feel like you're on her journey with Baby yet watching as an outsider. I listened to this audiobook and the narration was spot on. Would highly recommend.

It was a very different style than I usually read. This novel is almost like a memoir, in that it follows a young woman's self account of her life in San Francisco as a stripper and then dominatrix. I foind it interesting, and so humane, how she talks of the people (mainly men) just seeking human touch. Acceptance. Understanding. Connection. So many lonely people and some people try to fill that void at these clubs.

I listened to the audiobook and it is read in a very melancholic tone. It fit the story and theme.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.