{"product_id":"living-the-confidence-code-real-girls-real-stories-real-confidence-9780062954114","title":"Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls. Real Stories. Real Confidence.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INSTANT #1 \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebestselling authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Code for Girls\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best way to understand confidence is to see it in action. 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In addition to her work on women's issues, Katty has covered the Clinton administration sex scandal, four presidential elections, and the wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She was at the Pentagon just twenty minutes after a hijacked plane flew into the building on 9\/11--one of her most vivid journalistic memories is of interviewing soldiers still visibly shaking from the attack. Katty grew up all over the Middle East, where her father was posted as a British diplomat. She studied modern languages at Oxford and is a fluent French and Italian speaker with some \"rusty Japanese.\" Katty juggles her journalism with raising four children with her husband, a consultant. Visit Katty online at www.theconfidencecode.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShipman, Claire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eClaire Shipman is a journalist, author, and public speaker. 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