Blown Sideways Through Life: A Hilarious Tour de Resume

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 doesnt 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.