Description
These bawdy gritty tales of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s will captivate listeners but its Johnson who is the hero of this story Listeners will relish every minute Library Journal
Humans of New York fans will delight in hearing Stephanie Tanqueray Johnson once one of the citys best known burlesque dancers tell her triumphant storyPeople Magazine
This program is read by Stephanie Johnson with an introduction read by Brandon Stanton author of Humans of New York
The storytelling phenomenon Humans of New York and its 1 bestselling books have captivated a global audience of millions with personal narratives that illuminate the human condition But one story stands apart from the rest
She is a woman as fabulous unbowed and irresistible as the city she lives in
Meet TANQUERAY
In 2019 Humans of New York featured a photo of a woman in an outrageous fur coat and hat she made herself She instantly captured the attention of millions Her name is Stephanie Johnson but shes better known to HONY followers as Tanqueray a born performer who was once one of the bestknown burlesque dancers in New York City Reeling from a brutal childhood immersed in a world of gogo dancers and hustlers dirty cops and gangsters Stephanie was determined to become the fiercest thing the city had ever seen And she succeeded
Real raw and unapologetically honest this is the full story of Tanqueray as told by Brandon Stantonan audiobook filled with neverbeforetold stories of Tanquerays struggles and triumphs through good times and bad personal photos from her own collection and glimpses of New York City from back in the day when the name Tanqueray was on everyones lips
A Macmillan Audio production from St Martins Press
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