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Friday, September 08, 2006

非凡女人 Extraordinary Women

在網上瀏覽發現一本書, 名為: Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed: 58 Women of Accomplishment Portray Hidden Dreams and Real Hopes, 作者為 Ilene Leventhal 及 Francine Levinson. 

是今年四月出版的書, 當中有58個顯赫名女人的訪問及她們的兒時夢想, 58位都穿著她們兒時夢想行業的裝束, 如Madeline Albright(奧爾布賴特)裝扮成一個chess champion.

Book description: Extraordinary Women is a book about precisely that-extraordinary women, though not in the roles we usually see them. Each of the 58 prominent women in this insightful book was asked what they dreamed of becoming when they were children; they were then photographed in that role. Thus, former secretary of state Madeline Albright can be seen as a chess champion, actress Linda Carter as an Olympic athlete, gymnast Dominic Dawes as a justice of the Supreme Court, feminist Betty Friedan as a mystery writer.But it's not just about the pictures. It's also about the interviews, in which each woman discusses what she'd hoped to achieve as a child and what she has achieved as an adult. Featuring an eclectic array of talented women from journalist Ann Curry to star soprano Denyce Graves to activist Dorothy Height, Extraordinary Women is an original and inspirational testament to women who helped change our world in ways they themselves could never have dreamed possible. Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit the Hand to Hand Eviction Prevention Program and the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C.

小女人如我, 到了這個年紀當然沒有什麼偉大的宏願, 名人做不成, 看看這類書也蠻有趣.

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