This takes place in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Nineteen-year-old Sherri Taylor, goes with a friend to the new Playboy Resort to interview for a job. She is the most unlikely of people to ever get a job there, but she does and the book just keeps getting more interesting and engrossing as the story goes on. She learns a lot during her years there, and is caught up in things she would never have imagined doing while growing up. There are some surprises in the book and I did like the ending. One of those books you don’t want to put down. I really enjoyed it and gave this book 5 Stars.
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Description as found on NetGalley.com:
A dazzling portrait of
a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock
and roll, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home.
The small town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is an unlikely location for a Playboy
Resort, and nineteen-year-old Sherri Taylor is an unlikely bunny. Growing up in
neighboring East Troy, Sherri plays the organ at the local church and has never
felt comfortable in her own skin. But when her parents die in quick succession,
she leaves the only home she’s ever known for the chance to be part of a
glamorous slice of history. In the winter of 1981, in a costume two sizes too
small, her toes pinched by stilettos, Sherri joins the daughters of dairy
farmers and factory workers for the defining experience of her life.
Living in the “bunny hutch”—Playboy’s version of a college dorm—Sherri gets her
education in the joys of sisterhood, the thrill of financial independence, the
magic of first love, and the heady effects of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
But as spring gives way to summer, Sherri finds herself caught in a romantic
triangle—and the tragedy that ensues will haunt her for the next forty years.
From the Midwestern prairie to the California desert, from Wisconsin lakes to
the Pacific Ocean, this is a story of what happens when small town life is
sprinkled with stardust, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home. With a
heroine to root for and a narrative to get lost in, Christina Clancy's Shoulder
Season is a sexy, evocative tale, drenched in longing and desire, that
captures a fleeting moment in American history with nostalgia and heart.
