The Hop : a novel
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022].
ISBN
9780063089099, 0063089092
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Clarke, Diana | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION CLARKE, D. | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | FIC CLARKE, D. | On Shelf |
Geneva Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Fiction | F CLARKE | On hold for someone |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor | FICTION CLARKE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
516 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780063089099, 0063089092
Notes
Description
"The story of a poor scrappy girl from rural New Zealand who grows reluctantly into a sex icon, the face of a movement, and a mother, all at the same time. Kate Burns grows up wanting attention from her Ma, but her Ma wants only money and Kate learns how to get both. She and her childhood friend, Lacey, run kissing lessons for cash in the janitor's closet of Fenbrook High, and just like that, they find themselves in the sex work industry. From there, they go on to work at The Purple Panther, a strip club in Auckland. When Ma dies of cancer, Kate discovers that the men her Ma was always inviting over to their home were, in fact, clients. Ma was no stranger to sex work either. Following in Ma's footsteps, Kate heads to Nevada where she picks up a job at America's most prestigious brothel: The Hop. In her new life as a Bunny, Kate searches for an identity she can perform -- the other Bunnies include a goth, a housewife, a cheerleader, a rebel, not to mention Betty, a trans beauty queen, Mia, a Japanese cosplayer, and Rain, a dominatrix. Kate becomes Lady Lane. The girls at The Hop are more fantasy than fact, and performance is always more perfect than the real. Kate is a natural and quickly rises through the ranks to become the bestselling Bunny and the owner, Daddy's favorite. But when ten street hookers are killed in a nearby city, just bodies with no names, Lady joins her sister Bunnies in mourning and begins to see things in a new light. Lady's success breeds scandal and unwanted fame, deeply affecting her, transforming her life and The Hop forever. Diana Clarke's provocative second novel is subversive in the very best way, an unforgettable work of fiction with a radical message about women that couldn't be more important." --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clarke, D. (2022). The Hop: a novel (First edtition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clarke, Diana. 2022. The Hop: A Novel. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clarke, Diana. The Hop: A Novel New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Clarke, D. (2022). The hop: a novel. First edtition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clarke, Diana. The Hop: A Novel First edtition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
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