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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 ofpeople."--Peter Jennings, ABCNews
"A story that will stop your heart. Atouching striptease of the soul."--"Frank Rich, The New YorkTimes"
"Witty and insightful...spiced withirreverence and chutzpah."--"The NewYork Times BookReview"
""Blown Sideways" shines with amoving, mature compassion for everyone who has ajob."--"Mademoiselle""
"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
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"A story that will stop your heart. Atouching striptease of the soul."--"Frank Rich, The New YorkTimes"
"Witty and insightful...spiced withirreverence and chutzpah."--"The NewYork Times BookReview"
""Blown Sideways" shines with amoving, mature compassion for everyone who has ajob."--"Mademoiselle""
"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
;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
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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- PublisherDial Books for Young Readers
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0385313128
- ISBN 13 9780385313124
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