Blown Sideways Through Life

Dubbed "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 (among other things) a pastry chef, a nude??model, a waitress (a lot), a receptionist in a??whorehouse, a brunch chef on Fire Island, a??proofreader on Wall Street (a lot), and an Italian??translator. On the surface her life makes for a hilarious??tour de resume. But underneath is a universal??lesson learned about life in the??workplace.


From the Trade Paperback edition.