{"product_id":"miss-understanding-9780061133886","title":"Miss Understanding","description":"\u003cp\u003eZoe Rose never quite fit in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the only kid in kindergarten with an enormous red afro, Zoe was taunted by the other little girls for refusing to share her \"Annie\" wig, even when she swore it was her own hair (it was).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn second grade, after seeing her best friend ridiculed for wearing a dirty, pink, polka-dot party dress to school every day, she became obsessed with understanding what makes \u003cem\u003enormal\u003c\/em\u003e girls tick and why they're so cruel to the girls who never seem to \"get it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so Zoe begins a lifelong study of girl behavior, and by thirty, finds herself editor of \u003cem\u003eIssues\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. Determined to raid the locker room of the female psyche and rip open the frilly façade of femininity once and for all, she sets out to reform an entire nation of women, beginning with the readers of the most notorious magazine on Madison Avenue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the feminist vs. the fashionistas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Zoe stop girls from behaving badly toward other girls, and turn them into a strong, united force that can succeed in our male-dominated world? Or will her spectacularly warped sense of humor, pathetic wardrobe, and plethora of psychosomatic illnesses get her eaten alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoe's willing to risk losing it all, including her mind, but she'll walk away with something she never dreamed she wanted: the little girl hiding inside of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Lessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061133886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2006 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 868\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLessing, Stephanie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephanie Lessing is a former Copy Chief at \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e, and has freelanced for \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eConde Nast Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSelf\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMiss Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e is her second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110660210803,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3886b492-abe2-4945-a44c-64a12db296c3.jpg?v=1748983806","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/miss-understanding-9780061133886","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}