"The Gold Club" the Jacklyn "Diva" Bush Story: How I Went from Gold Room to Court Room

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Summary: Excellent story of survival!
Review: Although I have not read the entire contents of this book I read enough for it to give me a pounding headache because it is indeed very painful to read. Who published this book? Jerry Springer Publishers.

Being an exotic dancer myself and a very intellegent one at that I was embarassed that the stripper community has been so badly misrepresented by Ghetto Queen.

This book is not only badly written, it is a big joke. This book has very little value. I would not even use it for a coaster.

Barbee

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Summary: Pitiful......
Review: Having spent a few nights in the Gold Club, one with a college coach and a couple of NBA players, I had to read this book for a bit of nostalgia. This book is about the Gold Club as seen through this lady and about the life of Ms. Bush. But I'm not sure she is capable of giving anything but a very narrow viewpoint.

Ms. Bush describes herself as the top dancer and most beautiful woman that everyone falls in love with. Well, from the looks of the picture, she was not one of the most beautiful. Evidently she had a good relationship with the owner and began to use this trump card as she openly challenged the local manager. The book is all about her and how everyone loved or hated her. And of course, she didn't perform any sex acts but she knew who to include from the other dancers if that was needed. As it relates to the Gold Club and the legal proceedings, this book does not offer compelling evidence of guilt although written from a lady with minimal educational training, it's difficult to know what she is trying to convey other than, "I'm the Greatest". She does however manage to drop some names, athletes and other assorted celebrities, which will satisfy some readers.

In addition to detail of the Gold Club, Ms. Bush thought we would be interested in her life story. It's not only not interesting, it's depressing and helps to document what many people view as a stripper stereotype. Her mother is a drug addict. Father is a womanizing wife beater. She marries young and has kids. Leaves her husband after he becomes a womanizing wife-beater and then must take care of her kids on her own. She drifts into stripping and the rest is history.

This is not a literary masterpiece. And frankly, it's not a good retelling of the fascinating history of the Gold Club. It's an opportunity for Ms. Bush to retell her story and have her 15 minutes of fame and I guess I have no problem with that. But you probably shouldn't waste your money on it unless you have some specific interest in the Gold Club or Ms. Bush.

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Summary: A Strippers Eye View
Review: Having spent a few nights in the Gold Club, one with a college coach and a couple of NBA players, I had to read this book for a bit of nostalgia. This book is about the Gold Club as seen through this lady and about the life of Ms. Bush. But I'm not sure she is capable of giving anything but a very narrow viewpoint.

Ms. Bush describes herself as the top dancer and most beautiful woman that everyone falls in love with. Well, from the looks of the picture, she was not one of the most beautiful. Evidently she had a good relationship with the owner and began to use this trump card as she openly challenged the local manager. The book is all about her and how everyone loved or hated her. And of course, she didn't perform any sex acts but she knew who to include from the other dancers if that was needed. As it relates to the Gold Club and the legal proceedings, this book does not offer compelling evidence of guilt although written from a lady with minimal educational training, it's difficult to know what she is trying to convey other than, "I'm the Greatest". She does however manage to drop some names, athletes and other assorted celebrities, which will satisfy some readers.

In addition to detail of the Gold Club, Ms. Bush thought we would be interested in her life story. It's not only not interesting, it's depressing and helps to document what many people view as a stripper stereotype. Her mother is a drug addict. Father is a womanizing wife beater. She marries young and has kids. Leaves her husband after he becomes a womanizing wife-beater and then must take care of her kids on her own. She drifts into stripping and the rest is history.

This is not a literary masterpiece. And frankly, it's not a good retelling of the fascinating history of the Gold Club. It's an opportunity for Ms. Bush to retell her story and have her 15 minutes of fame and I guess I have no problem with that. But you probably shouldn't waste your money on it unless you have some specific interest in the Gold Club or Ms. Bush.

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Summary: Taking It All Off
Review: THE GOLD CLUB" THE JACKLYN"DIVA" BUSH STORY: HOW I WENT FROM GOLD ROOM TO COURT ROOM details her life as a dancer and her time spent on trial. This book was very interesting and educational. I learned that stripping is more than undressing; it's an art that has been parlayed into big business. At times the story was a bit confusing and hard to follow because Ms. Bush kept switching between past and present. Still it was an entertaining, eye opening read.

Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Complete review can be found on our website...

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Summary: "FALSE ADVERTISEMENT"
Review: THE GOLD CLUB" THE JACKLYN"DIVA" BUSH STORY: HOW I WENT FROM GOLD ROOM TO COURT ROOM details her life as a dancer and her time spent on trial. This book was very interesting and educational. I learned that stripping is more than undressing; it's an art that has been parlayed into big business. At times the story was a bit confusing and hard to follow because Ms. Bush kept switching between past and present. Still it was an entertaining, eye opening read.

Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Complete review can be found on our website...

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Summary: Editing ? What editing ??
Review: The good = Easy read and some intersting stories. I was amazed how Ms. Bush could remember such details as how much money customers spent and what she was wearing when she was with them.
The bad = I don't think an editor read over the manuscipt before sending it to the printers because the book is full of spelling errors, sentence fragments and just terrible grammar.
Ms. Bush names several athletes as "friends" then proceeds to mispell their names. How friendly can you be if you can't even spell their name correctly ?
The book jumped around too much from chapter to chapter. It started off in the beginning then jumped to 1996 then back to her days as a teenager then to 1998 then to when she had kids then her bad marriage. It didn't flow at all and followed no timetable which, was confusing.
All in all, I'm glad to know that things have worked out and she has survived all the hardships in her life. God Bless.

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Summary: Name dropping, comma splices, and sentence fragments
Review: This book is a fast and easy read that details the life of 'Diva' Bush and the role she played in the Gold Club. The stories of professional atheletes and celebrities alone are worth the price of this book but what I found most interesting was Diva's account of an 'entertainer's' day to day life. The book is very poorly written complete with sentence fragments, comma splices, mixed metaphors, poor grammar, etc. - but then, Ms. Bush never claimed to have a Ph. D. in English. Overall, it's a very interesting and entertaining book.

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Summary: Excellent story of survival!
Review: This was a wonderful portrayal of one woman's experience and perspective as an entertainer at the Gold Club, and, as the subtitle indicates, it is also about Ms. Bush's life. There is nothing sleazy or ghetto about this book.

Ms. Bush is an example of a survivor. She cleverly integrated chapter snapshots of her past as though reflecting, at times, on her hard upbringing or comparing how far she had come from her deprived past. It doesn't take a Ph.D to follow and appreciate the creative flair she incorporated. I certainly would not have been interested in this story had she depicted it frame-by-frame from infancy to adulthood. This is a well-written story (I think all of the negative comments are from those fellow dancers she mentioned who didn't like her).

Ms. Bush doesn't claim to be perfect, in fact, in the end, she states that it is her hope that others can learn from her mistakes.

I especially recommend this book for young women who may be tempted by notions of making fast money.

Thanks for sharing your story, Ms. Bush. You've shown that one is never too old to learn from mistakes or develop a new chapter in life.

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Summary: "FALSE ADVERTISEMENT"
Review: WHEN I READ THE BACK COVER OF THE BOOK IT SAID THE READER WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THE OCCURENCES OF PROFESSIONAL BALLPLAYERS ACTORS AND POLITICIANS INSIDE THE GOLD CLUB. BUT WHEN I READ THE BOOK I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT SHE KEEPS ALL OF THESE PEOPLE NAMELESS EXCEPT FOR HERSELF AND FORMER GOLD CLUB EMPLOYEES. AND WHEN A CELEBRITY DOES ENTER THE CLUB SHE REFERS TO THEM AS A BIG SPENDER WITHOUT EVEN GIVING YOU A DECENT CLUE WHO THEY ARE. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE READING THIS BOOK ARENT NEARLY AS INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT ABOUT JACKLYN "DIVA" BUSH AS THEY ARE IN THE CELEBRITY ESCAPADES THAT WENT ON IN THE CLUB. BE CAREFULL BECAUSE THIS BOOK ISNT GONNA TELL YOU ANYTHING AS FAR AS THATS CONCERNED.