No Man's Land

Documents the author's embrace of an alternate personality in her efforts to experience a more adventurous and uninhibited life, a decision that preceded her travels throughout the world, reckless stint as a Times Square exotic dancer, and relationship with a wealthy young Englishman. Simultaneous.

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)
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NO MAN'S LAND is the true-life story of a writer who detours into the seedy world of New York strip clubs. If that sounds erotic, forget it. Ruth Fowler does not want to encourage male fantasies about strippers. She hates the men who come to see her strip, even the few "good guys" who want to help her. She sneers at their self-serving charity. She performs her own sad story like someone trying to prove that it's in her past, which, happily, it is. She offers a charming British accent���girls are "gulls"���and perfectly imitates a Brooklyn accent, with all those hard vowels. This is a troubling story from the other side of the stage, honest to a fault. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine