Kate’s 2¢: “Real Easy” by Marie Rutkoski

“Real Easy” by Marie Rutkoski

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

It’s said that you should write what you know and so Rutkoski did.  She used to be a stripper. I liked most of her characters and I learned a lot more about the steamy and seamy side of the business than I knew before reading (listening to) this book.  

   I found the flip-flopping of past and present with each character a bit confusing. When I read the poignant last chapter from Samantha’s pov, I, at first, thought maybe she didn’t die.

   During the interview at the end of the book, Rutkoski indicated the take away she intended is that random acts of kindness are important.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marie K. Rutkoski  (b. March 5, 1977 ) is a New York Times bestselling author of several novels for children and young adults. She grew up in Illinois as the oldest of four children, and has lived in Moscow, Prague, and Paris. She holds degrees from the University of Iowa and Harvard University, and is now a professor of English literature at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Shakespeare. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and two cats, Cloud and Firefly.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Real easy DB106312

Rutkoski, Marie. Reading time: 10 hours, 30 minutes.

Read by Marie Rutkoski.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She keeps her distance from the other dancers until a new one needs help. Her decision turns deadly. Georgia–another dancer–tries to help Holly, the detective investigating the case. But danger looms for them. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.

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