Shoulder Season

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Shoulder Season: A Novel | Christina Clancy

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Shoulder Season: A Novel | Christina Clancy

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19 year old Sherri Taylor yearns to expand her world. Eager to embrace everything outside her small town upbringing, she becomes a Bunny at the Hefner Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva (WI). Between Bunny expectations, friendships, rivalries, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Sherri‘s journey is about ambition, love, heartbreak, and the stories well tell ourselves.

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rachelm

Shoulder Season: A Novel | Christina Clancy

My husband is watching the kids all day and night so I can have a day to edit my finished book project, but I need a quick break from the screen. Masked up and listening to the tagged book on audio. Loving it so far. A young woman takes a job in the early 80s at a Playboy Resort in WI.

Annie1215 Enjoy your time! 3y

Christine You sent me hurtling to Google to find out if there really was a Playboy resort in Wisconsin…grew up there but did not know this!! (In fairness, this is very much the type of thing I would have been deliberately sheltered from as a kid - but still!) (edited) 3y

kimmypete1 @Christine lol, I also jumped to google! Grew up in WI too and had no idea. (Like you, I was a kid, so it makes sense, but still!) 3y

rachelm @christine @kimmypete1 I had noooo idea either and also a Midwesterner born and raised. Loving this book so far though. Totally hits on WI resort culture and the 80s and oof, just want to listen to it and not work. The sign of a good book! 3y

Christine LOL! Well now I feel better that I‘m not alone in ignorance of this! (Stacking the book now. :) @kimmypete1 3y

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I loved this book! Check out my review.

https://reecaspieces.com/2021/07/14/shoulder-season-by-christina-clancy-macmilla...

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TorieStorieS

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Happy #PublicationDay to Christina Clancy‘s SHOULDER SEASON! Set mainly in the early 1980s, orphaned narrator Sherri Taylor re-invents herself after her childhood in East Troy, WI at the Playboy Resort in nearby Lake Geneva. Both a coming of age and a sexual awakening, this book has sex, drugs & some violence- along with some famous cameos. Sherri may not always be likable but she feels completely real! A great summer read & discussion starter!

TorieStorieS #AudioColoring 3y

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Lauren.Archer

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This was such a fun read. Sherri entered the story, lost, not knowing what to turn to. She quickly grows into a strong confident woman that you get to follow for the next 40 years. I really enjoyed this story a lot. This is a perfect beach read for anybody looking for a little glamour.

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robinb

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Sherri Taylor, a 19 yo in East Troy, Wisconsin, lost her beloved dad at 12 and took care of her mom for the last 3 years of her life. She‘s never been comfortable as herself, but on a lark she interviews with a friend for a job as a Playboy bunny at the neighboring resort in Lake Geneva and lands it, in what will be a defining moment in her life. Spanning from 1981-2019, we follow Sherri‘s often painful journey of naïveté as she seeks ...

robinb acceptance by re-inventing herself. This was at times painful reading, frustrating as I wanted to shake Sherri but also hug her and advise/save her. She is surrounded by a diverse cast of characters...friends, users, lovers, exploiters. We follow her self-discovery path from her hometown all the way to California, 🔻 3y

robinb and I actually found some relief from being submerged in her troubles and some needed clarity (plus surprises) in the last 20% of the book. Exhausting but good. 4.25/5⭐️ 3y

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robinb

Shoulder Season: A Novel | Christina Clancy