{"product_id":"9780929398747","title":"A Woman's Odyssey: Journals, 1976-1992","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hippie antiwar protester turned antitrust lawyer tells of coming of age in the 80s. Politics and passion are spiked with humor and searching in this compelling tale of a modern woman's journey to life's middle years. From shooting deer in Texas to shooting pictures in the Himalayas, from enduring the dating scene to becoming a mother, from hitch-hiking alone in Guatemala to traveling with Bill and Hillary Clinton on the pre-election Texas bus trip, Aaker's world is real and deeply honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the specific details are only one woman's experiences, this book is, in a sense, the story of every woman who came of age at the start of the women's movement in the 70s. It chronicles the win\/loss cycles faced by any woman who chooses to have both career and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntry from 1978: When I read of pollution and inflation and Rhodesia and Nicaragua, chills runs down my body and I'm scared, thinking of the world to come, my own financial insecurity, and whether I really want to bring a child into this world. What will happen to me if I don't become more responsible? It's all fine to be a young “hippie-type” bureaucrat\/lawyer. But will that be enough at fifty, and with the responsibility for another human being? Not giant worries, but sobering thoughts in the midst of my life-for-the-moment world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028637794544,"sku":"9780929398747","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780929398747_p0.gif?v=1763869480","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780929398747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}