Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping

In this 2012 memoir, novelist and travel writer Elizabeth Eaves recalls her experience working at Seattle strip clubs (The Lusty Lady and Rick’s). There was a sense of power and also unpleasant experiences. Eaves share the advice she would give a young woman considering working in a strip club. “Bare” works in several levels It is an impressive piece of reporting which takes the reader into the strip clubs, behind the doors of the dressing rooms, to the private dance rooms and a ringside seat for bachelor parties.  Secondly, it’s a memoir in which Eaves explores her motivations in becoming a dancer, its impact on her life, and what she learned about her boundaries. And the book is a thoughtful rumination about society’s attitudes toward sex.