<p>Dubbed &quot;The Ultimate Working Girl&quot; by??<em>Newsweek</em>， Claudia Shear takes??readers on a wild adventure through the American work??force in <em>Blown Sideways Through??Life.</em><br />

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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?<br />

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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， <em>Body??Language，</em> 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.<br />

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<em>From the Trade Paperback edition.</em></p>