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Girl with Glasses: My Optic History [Hardcover]

Marissa Walsh (Author), Jason Logan (Illustrator)
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October 24, 2006
Being a Girl with Glasses isn't just a style choice; it's a way of life. If you've ever had your specs steam up when walking into a bar, squinted into the sun on the soccer field, or laid eyes on a new haircut only after your locks are strewn across the floor, you know what it's like to be a GWG.

Marissa Walsh has worn glasses since third grade. Now -- ten pairs of glasses, one pair of prescription sunglasses, and endless pairs of contacts later -- she has fully embraced her four-eyed fate. As she recounts her optic history through the lenses of each pair of glasses -- from the Sergio Valentes and the Sally Jessy Raphaels to the pseudo John Lennons and the dreaded health plan specs -- at last she found them . . . the perfect pair.

Marissa's comic look at a life behind glass is at once a poignant personal journey and a wry, canny exploration of just what it means to be a glasses-wearing kind of girl. Peppered with pop culture references and complete with appendixes of resources, classic GWG moments, and helpful tips on finding the right frames for your face, Girl with Glasses will give you reason to commiserate with your shortsighted sisters and celebrate your less-than-perfect vision.


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About the Author

Marissa Walsh, a former children's book editor in New York City, is the coauthor of the Boston Globe bestseller Tipsy in Madras: A Complete Guide to 80s Preppy Drinking and editor of the anthology Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything: The Jealousy Book. She is a graduate of Smith College, home to many former, current, and future Girls with Glasses.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Gallery Books; 1 edition (October 24, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416924930
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416924937
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,236,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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writer, editor, girl with glasses.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Attention: All Girls, and, oh yes, women, November 24, 2006
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Ramona F. Young (Swampscott, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is witty, beautifully written, and rings so true! I remember hiding behind a tree watching for my intended victim (boyfriend) peeking out with my glasses on, and when I spotted him, whipping the specs off, stepping out and pretending I had seen him all along. Later came the agony of HARD contact lenses etc., etc. The interesting part of this book is that it can be a wonderful metaphor for anything that makes anyone who is the least bit different (especially teenagers). Oh the suffering! Girls out there, this book is for You! Unless, of course, you were captain of the cheer-leading squad and had mammoth boobs. This girl was the only person who was REALLY happy in high school. Most of the rest of us barely managed to survive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, November 22, 2006
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This is the perfect holiday gift for any girl with glasses in your life!
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5.0 out of 5 stars There was just one subchapter I didn't care for.., September 5, 2008
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I thought this book was laugh out loud funny--and it would be fun to hear it read aloud as a book on tape. The drawings of the various glasses at each new chapter were also very funny. It is a pretty fast read--once I had the time to sit down and read it--it only took me a few days..I didn't read it as fast as some shorter books (like it is) because I was trying to savor it. :)
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