The Butcher Shop Girl

A Memoir for Misfits & Mavericks

By: Carmen Kissel-Verrier

Narrated by: Claire Duncan, Brett Kissel

The Butcher Shop Girl begins with Carmen’s unique coming-of-age as she’s ripped from her extended family after her Catholic parents’ divorce. Learning to conquer unusual places in the name of survival, Carmen spends her childhood working in her mother’s slaughterhouse in prairie Alberta, tearing through flesh and getting up to trouble. To escape a violent home, she bounces from house to house, working on the family farm, and eventually in the oil patch.

At 18, Carmen’s competitive craving for money and independence leads her to a career as an exotic dancer. Starting out in seedy small-town dives, she quickly earns her place in high-end clubs throughout North America, becoming an elite world-travelling entertainer. Carmen lives the high life and makes big money. She parties with the Hells Angels and falls in love with a sexy US drug enforcement agent - effortlessly walking the line of two extreme worlds. But when run-ins with premium organized crime land her in Bolivia, she realizes she’s gone too far, and the only thing that can free her is to ask her estranged family for help.

The Butcher Shop Girl is a compelling memoir of resilience and persistence that captures the vivacious spirit of a small-town girl determined to succeed by any means necessary.

©2020 Carmen Kissel-Verrier (P)2021 Carmen Kissel-Verrier

Wow

Very well written , compelling and insightful. I looked forward to my long commutes with this book, sometime sitting in my vehicle once I arrived , just to listen how each situation ended .

This is book is a tell all in how to take life by the horns.

This would make an amazing movie , hint hint Amazon Video .

It was good

I enjoyed this book. Good story line, narration was great. Most of the book is about her life as a stripper, but she talks about her family and the way she grew up which was fascinating to me.
I only wish the Author spoke more in depth about her parents and especially what happened after her stripper days were over. I would love a second book to find out where her life lead her in adulthood and if she ever reunited and reconciled with her Mother.

Overall it was a super interesting read.