{"product_id":"project-girl-paperback","title":"Project Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by The Los Angeles Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year, \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful account of a young woman's struggle to realize her dreams while remaining true to who she was before attending Ivy League schools and receiving impressive diplomas. It tells of the spectacular failures and unlikely comebacks of a ghetto kid whose academic talent opens doors onto a world of private schools, rich classmates, and plum jobs but who back home confronts a neighborhood of growing poverty, drug abuse, and crime. \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is McDonald's story of her divided life and terrible battle to reconcile opposing worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eloquent account of a remarkable life, \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e should be placed on all high school and college reading lists and offered to anyone looking for a book beautifully written.--Frank McCourt, author of \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her engrossing memoir, McDonald, a Brooklyn-born lawyer now living in Paris, compares herself to Icarus because she, too, soared and fell mightily. The difference is that after her falls, McDonald picked herself up and charged onward.--Sara Ivry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevastating. . . . McDonald argues her case with lawyerly concision, drop-dead ghetto humor, and just a touch of schoolgirl psychobabble. . . . No wonder McDonald fled to Paris, where, freed from the American obsession with race, she wrote this stinging epitaph for the decade that gave us the word \u003ci\u003eyuppie\u003c\/i\u003e.--Susanne Ruta, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing to the bookstore is becoming more and more like riding in a subway--there are a whole bunch of people with stories to tell but very few who know how to tell a good story. Every once in a while though, we might find ourselves sitting next to someone whose story is so intriguing that we actually miss our stop because we are so engrossed in their tale. Such is the effect of Janet McDonald's \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.--Deborah Cowell, \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eloquent account of a remarkable life, \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e should be placed on all high school and college reading lists and offered to anyone looking for a book beautifully written.--Frank McCourt, author of \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In her engrossing memoir, McDonald, a Brooklyn-born lawyer now living in Paris, compares herself to Icarus because she, too, soared and fell mightily. The difference is that after her falls, McDonald picked herself up and charged onward.\"--Sara Ivry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Devastating. . . . McDonald argues her case with lawyerly concision, drop-dead ghetto humor, and just a touch of schoolgirl psychobabble. . . . No wonder McDonald fled to Paris, where, freed from the American obsession with race, she wrote this stinging epitaph for the decade that gave us the word \u003ci\u003eyuppie\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Susanne Ruta, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Going to the bookstore is becoming more and more like riding in a subway--there are a whole bunch of people with stories to tell but very few who know how to tell a good story. Every once in a while though, we might find ourselves sitting next to someone whose story is so intriguing that we actually miss our stop because we are so engrossed in their tale. Such is the effect of Janet McDonald's \u003ci\u003eProject Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Deborah Cowell, \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in a public housing project in New York City. A graduate of Vassar College, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and New University School of Law, she is currently a lawyer in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 231\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.1 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Project Girl\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736955031615,"sku":"9780520223455","price":69.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/be413d7b41560dcb597e3b471f78b6fa.webp?v=1765148392","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/project-girl-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}