Heidi Mattson successfully united sex and scholarship torealize a '90s version of the American Dream by becoming a smart, sassy,self-confident stripper while attending Brown University in Providence, RhodeIsland. Intelligent and ambitious, she grew up in small-town Maine, and herwhole town applauded when Brown accepted her. But school and living expensescarried a high price tag-one she couldn't meet by waiting tables and cleaninghouses. A chance ad brought her to The Foxy Lady, a strip club in Providencenot far from campus. Swearing she would stay only as long as she didn't feelcompromised, she soon became one of the club's top attractions. In thisengrossing story, Mattson tells us how she did it, how it felt to strip, how itaffected her life, and about her peers, colleagues, and the men who frequentedthe strip clubs. Her story sets the record straight about the world ofstripping, a world that she describes with candor, affection, and warmth.