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Stripped Down: A Naked Memoir
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Stacey Keith's memoir pulls back the curtain on a world most people only glimpse from a distance: the adult entertainment industry. Still barely out of her teens, she moves from wet T-shirt contests into the stages of Houston, which was then considered the center of the strip club business. She is quickly spotted by a well-known performer, and soon her image appears in magazines across the country. Eventually she makes the move to Hollywood, chasing fame and money without really knowing what lies ahead.
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Her path is shaped by people who want far more from her than she is willing to give, from a mob-connected road manager to an opportunistic agent. Along the way she meets filmmakers and musicians who treat her as a tool rather than a person. Told with dark, self-deprecating humor, the account is candid about exploitation and about the price of chasing a dream.
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