{"product_id":"boy-crazy-angela-weiss-9781491761090","title":"Boy Crazy: The Secret Life of a 1950s Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLOTS OF LAUGHS AND A FEW WELL-EARNED TEARS\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A TIME-BOUND TALE WITH TIMELESS APPEAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAngela‛s home life forces her to grow up too fast. A popular school leader and \"closet nerd,\" Angela responds by enshrining carefree fun as a virtue when it comes to the opposite sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBart Aikens, filmmaker, The Vampire's Dance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow does a good girl coming of age in 1950s Albany, New York, play the field when boys control the dating game?\u003cbr\u003e The boys who like Angela aren't always the ones she pines for in her diary. \u003cbr\u003e Angela is dismayed that boys look down on the girls they have pushed to go all the way. \u003cbr\u003e She wants to avoid a fast reputation but yearns for no-strings-attached flirtations and slow dances with as many cute guys as she can juggle. \u003cbr\u003e Angela confides in and treasures her emancipated, artistic mentor. \u003cbr\u003e Sparks fly when her parents bar Angela from acting on her dating preferences. \u003cbr\u003e The events of one summer night forever color Angela's family relationships but cannot diminish her boy-crazy ways.\u003cbr\u003e The secret thrills in Angela's Boy Crazy diary harken back to the days when Elvis was young and cell phones, computers, and the sexual revolution had yet to change American life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading \u003ci\u003eBoy Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e is like being a GoPro action camera in the life of a girl, getting to see through her eyes as she grows from child to young woman in a life filled with boys, men, happy times and tragedies, dances and historical events...this is life in the raw...\u003ci\u003eBoy Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e provides a refreshingly unique journey...Angela is aware and involved...I loved this book and the vicarious living it provided.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherre Lovick, novelist, aerospace engineer, pilot, musician, dancer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC'mon, let's admit it. We'd look, if we could, at that diary of a lover, friend, or family member. We would. We want to know the secrets. We don't look, of course, out of courtesy and politeness. But what if someone courageously offered us a look into her diary, into her life, her mind, her heart? I found the look Angela offered fascinating, entertaining, and moving. Now it's your turn. Go ahead, take a look. You know you want to. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill Jarvis, author, artist, public speaker, activist \u003cbr\u003e www.willjarvis.com www.erinstarfox.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Weiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491761091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491761090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Angela Weiss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465511194879,"sku":"9781491761090","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a88408f9-032e-4366-9099-5c121b5fb7d3.jpg?v=1736346466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boy-crazy-angela-weiss-9781491761090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}