{"product_id":"skinless-the-story-of-a-female-survivor-paperback","title":"Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Moor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A deeply moving, deliciously weighty work of fiction... Those who surrender to the flow will be rewarded.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003e KIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1999 NYC, Lower East Side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA singer masks her \"skinless\" vulnerability behind a glittering alter ego to navigate the margins of street life-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euntil the persona begins to destroy her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkinless is a brutally raw thriller exploring art, identity, and the shadows we carry. Moves with the tension of crime noir and the raw interior intimacy of literary fiction-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea subversion of the femme fatale into something raw, intimate, and fiercely human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTREET POETRY. BEAUTY. DANGER. SURVIVAL.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharmay, a survivor of childhood abuse and teenage homelessness, struggles to hold onto herself while trying to make it as a singer. She drinks to numb and sings to soothe the raw trauma she calls \"skinless,\" slipping into Cindy-the smooth persona she's built on manipulation to attract wealth and finesse the dangerous margins of street life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world chasing quick fixes and family rejection, Charmay is pulled into a web of money, ambition, and hunger for intimacy-clinging to an increasingly violent marriage with a weed kingpin, a Wall Street financier obsessed with Cindy, and a music producer who cuts her open to get to her honest voice. Hustles on fire, Charmay blurs to Cindy. Beats. Bullets. Bedsheets. When her identities collide in a fever of flashbacks and betrayals, she is hurled into surviving the most horrific reckoning yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR READERS OF: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Cut - The Basketball Diaries - Cherry - Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMulti-Media Experience: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSERIES: Book 1 of the Charmay: New York Noir series. Standalone. Book 2 coming soon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSECOND EDITION: Writer's Edit, Expanded \u0026amp; Revised, November 2025.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOMPANION ALBUM: Skinless: Songs from the Book. Jazz-noir and downtempo written and performed inside the novel. Recordings featuring Kenny Rampton (Wynton Marsalis) and Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSUBSTACK SERIES: Explore Skinless: Inside the Story. 9 Episodes + 2 on Next Chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCRITICAL PRAISE FOR SKINLESS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must-read... Moor tells Charmay's experiences with abuse and betrayal in stark, unsentimental prose.\" - \u003cem\u003eIndieReader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Uncomfortable, occasionally overwhelming, and undeniably powerful... a portrait of survival that doesn't sanitize the mess.\" - \u003cem\u003eBookLife by Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An eloquent crime novel-street poetry renders the city in lush, sensual language and a heroine's raw will to live.\" - \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsychological Crime Noir-breathes like jazz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSKINLESS is an x-ray of the things we hide and the art that speaks through us-inside the mind of a woman on the margins of society-a raw look at how we adapt to survive. 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