Kate is living out of a motel, eating beans and noodles, when her ex-husband dies, leaving her his condo and his business...a strip club called Knockers. With the help of her friends, the Survivors, Kate battles depression, embarrassment, and the mechanics of managing a bar, strippers, bouncers, and creditors. But can the Survivors help her find missing funds her ex- has hidden? How about dealing with his mistress? Then there's the issue of family members she hasn't seen in twenty years. She's survived cancer, but can Kate survive the feeling of being stripped bare of the woman she's cultivated so that no one can see her unpleasant past?