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When their parents died and the eviction notice arrived, Vireo’s sister Belinda, eighteen, drops out of high school and becomes an exotic dancer at the Dancing Bears club to pay the bills. Things are looking bright for the two sisters until a customer gets Belinda into trouble with the cops over stolen money and she loses her job. To help make do, Vireo lies about her age and joins the club. Their cousin Rip is into drugs and feels the world owes him payback for his misery. He takes on a different job for the Young Republicans but has no direction in life. After a while, he hates getting paraded in silly costumes and tells the young GOPs to shove it. In steps the club owner’s nephew whose ideas threaten to ruin the business. Things don’t look too good for anybody.
With Dancing Bears, William Jackson presents a quirky, funny, thoughtful novella that is a delight to read. Narrated by Vireo in a somewhat rambling and unusual style with hardly any story structure, readers are plunged into the life of an exotic dancer; how they view their profession—an interesting insight—and what they think of the drooling, slavering customers who fantasize over the girls. No hanky-panky as the girls put on their nightly shows, enjoying teasing the customers. Dancing Bears is an intimate look into Vireo’s life, the wreck that is Rip, and a peek into the life of other dancers at the club. William Jackson tells the story from a very personal and frank perspective that readers will appreciate.
