by Shelley Johnson Carey (Author)
Thin Mint Memories: Scouting for Empowerment through the Girl Scout Cookie Program celebrates an American treasure by examining the first century of the cookie's history and explores how participating in the Girl Scout cookie program leads to girl empowerment. This humorous and poignant story follows a Maryland troop through their cookie sales season and uses interviews with key Girl Scout staff to reveal the cookie program's impact on the troop, council, and national levels. In Thin Mint Memories, Scouts past and present and their faithful customers will discover the roles each box of cookies plays in helping girls develop life skills that will serve them long after the last cookie crumb is eaten.
Author Biography
Inspired by her own Girl Scout experiences, Shelley Johnson Carey enjoys exploring themes of girl empowerment in her writing. Shelley lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and fewer than five miles away from all three of her children. She works in educational publishing and received her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College. While the crunch of a Thin Mint evokes too many wonderful Girl Scout experiences to count, her absolute favorite cookie memories center around tasting the first coconutty Samoa of the cookie season.