{"product_id":"american-sweetheart-still-not-making-the-team-paperback","title":"American Sweetheart: Still Not Making the Team - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChiufang Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, Chiufang Hwang tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on a whim, and the experience was an epiphany. \"That day in Texas Stadium, I finally understood what I had missed out on in high school and college growing up as the eldest daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. I felt so special. I felt included. I felt more like a teenage girl than when I actually was one. But mostly, I felt so American.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince then Hwang has participated in more than ten Cowboys Cheerleader tryouts, becoming a fixture at the annual auditions. Besides loving competition, pushing her limits, and reveling in the camaraderie of those pursuing sideline glory, Hwang hopes to inspire others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I want to empower women of all ages to pursue their own impossible dream. Maybe the novelty of a fifty-year-old Chinese-American psychiatrist--who has still never even seen a football game--trying out to be an NFL cheerleader will spark them to think: Why not?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Sweetheart: \u003c\/em\u003eStill\u003cem\u003e Not Making the Team\u003c\/em\u003e recounts Hwang's unique perspective of American pop culture and her place in it with humor, poignant insight, and unexpected candor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721645822015,"sku":"9780997722451","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/53af899154321e603ab1df3271084e1e.webp?v=1765093094","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/american-sweetheart-still-not-making-the-team-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}