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Van Wagenen, Maya.

Popular, a memoir : = how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Popular, a memoir :/ Maya Van Wagenen.
Reminder of title:	how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence /
remainder title:	How a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence
Author:	Van Wagenen, Maya.
Published:	New York, New York :Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), : 2015.,
Description:	259 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.) ; : 21 cm.;
Subject:	Self-confidence. -
ISBN:	9780147512543 (pbk.) :

Popular, a memoir : = how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence /
Van Wagenen, Maya.

Popular, a memoir :how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence /How a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidenceMaya Van Wagenen. - New York, New York :Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA),2015. - 259 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.) ;21 cm.

Introduction / by Betty Cornell -- Introduction (or how this whole thing came to be) -- September. Figure problems -- October. Hair -- November. Modeling tricks -- December. Skin problems & makeup -- January. Clothes & what to wear where -- February. Good grooming & away from home -- March. Money (how to earn extra) & on the job -- April. Popular attitude: look pretty-be pretty, are you shy? & personality -- May. It's a date & be a hostess -- Epilogue.

Documents a high schooler's year-long attempt to change her social status from misfit to member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor, and surprises.

ISBN: 9780147512543 (pbk.) :NT351

LCCN: bl2015005156Subjects--Personal Names:

1090445
Van Wagenen, Maya.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

571560
Self-confidence.

Dewey Class. No.: 155.5/33

Popular, a memoir : = how a geek in pearls discovered the secret to confidence /
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