The Hop, Diana Clarke
The Hop, Diana Clarke
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The Hop
A Novel

Author: Diana Clarke

Narrator: Taryn Ryan, Olivia Mackenzie-Smith, Adam Verner, Laura Petersen, Carolina Hoyos

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/07/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“The Hop is a fresh ode to sisterhood and sexual agency that crackles with verve and wit. I couldn't put it down.”—Gabriela Garcia, author of the New York Times bestseller and Good Morning America Pick Of Women and SaltA page-turning feminist novel that tells 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.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Diana Clarke

Diana Clarke, a New Zealander, holds an MFA from Purdue University, where Roxane Gay was her thesis adviser, and a PhD from the University of Utah. She made her literary debut with the novel Thin Girls, and her work has been published in prestigious literary publications, including Glimmer Train, the Rumpus, Black Warrior Review, the Master’s Review, and Hobart. The Hop is her second novel. She is a professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Canberra, Australia.


Reviews

I’ve been reading a lot this summer, and I’ve run across some gems. The Hop is definitely at the top of my list. I absolutely adored Thin Girls, Diana Clarke’s debut, and if it’s possible, The Hop surpassed that adoration. About the book: “From the author of Thin Girls, a page-turning feminist novel......more

Goodreads review by Diana

wow what a great book 10/10 no notes perfect novel......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

”..do you just consider sex work to be selling the body because you think a woman’s value is tied to her virginity?” If The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was about the sex work industry. I could not put this book down once I picked it up, I was sucked in immediately. Jeez, Diana Clarke is really......more

Goodreads review by nastya

holy shit a book about sex work that doesn’t involve violent rape! this was really wonderful, and the ending was so satisfying. i just wish it had a mixture of a different form instead of being like an interview the entire time. i feel like moments of pure prose would have enhanced it. final thought......more

Goodreads review by Sunny

Maybe like 3.5......more