Blown Sideways Through Life - Brossura

Shear, Claudia

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385313128 ISBN 13: 9780385313124

Casa editrice: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995

Riassunto

A worker-for-hire recounts her experiences with sixty-four different jobs, including a nude model, a waitress, a whorehouse receptionist, and an Italian libretto translator, and explains how she has attained her level of self-acceptance. National ad/promo.

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"Claudia Shear speaks for millions of  people."--Peter Jennings, ABC  News

"A story that will stop your heart. A  touching striptease of the soul."  --Frank Rich, The New York  Times

"Witty and insightful...spiced with  irreverence and chutzpah."--The New  York Times Book  Review

"Blown Sideways shines with a  moving, mature compassion for everyone who has a  job."--Mademoiselle
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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;The Ultimate Working Girl" by  Newsweek, Claudia Shear takes  readers on a wild adventure through the American work  force in Blown Sideways Through  Life.

Have you ever held down a  job for money rather than love? Put up with an  impossible boss? Been told when and how often to  visit the restroom, get a drink, use the phone?  Struggled to remember that who you are doesn't depend  on what you do?

Meet Claudia  Shear, a misfit from Brooklyn who grew up dreaming of  adventure. Shear rode a wild wave of employment  (sixty-four jobs in all) on her way to realizing  her dream of becoming an actress. Before landing  the starring role in the upcoming film, Body  Language, and scoring a deal with Steven Spielberg and  Jeffrey Katzenberg for her own sitcom, she worked  as

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• Editore: Dial Books for Young Readers
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385313128
• ISBN 13: 9780385313124
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile