{"product_id":"no-lifeguard-the-accidental-life-of-the-worlds-first-supermodel-isbn-9780060566173","title":"No Lifeguard: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSex. Trauma. Abuse. Fashion. Photography. Glamour. Cash. Alcohol. Drugs. Fame. Rock Bottom. Triumph. For Janice Dickinson, life just never stops coming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Models are supposed to be dumb, right? And, yes, there are plenty of pretty girls who are thick as posts. But most of us can actually walk and talk and snort coke at the same time. And some of us even ask ourselves Big Questions, like What the f--- does it all mean?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIn more than 25 years on the catwalk, Janice Dickinson has lived out nine lives and more. In the 1970s-era of the all-American blonde-she emerged as a pioneer, the first lush-lipped, exotic brunette to make it big. When models made $150 an hour, she demanded $20,000 a day…and got it. She graced every major magazine, in photos by Avedon and Irving Penn and fashions by Versace and Calvin Klein. In Paris and Milan and Studio 54, she partied and debauched with Gia Carangi and Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger and Sylvester Stallone. She was called “the most operatic character ever to grace a fashion page”—and her fall from grace only proved it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tYet the story Janice has lived to tell is no mere diva cartoon. What she reveals in Car Wreck Woman for the first time—about her childhood, her family, her psyche, and her unlikely survival—is unforgettable. And it will make this one of the most talked-about books of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  A rollicking memoir by one of the greatest (and most outrageous) supermodels of the 1970s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Janice Dickinson was not only the first of the supermodels, she endured a nightmarishly traumatic childhood at the hands of a sadistic, sexually and emotionally abusive father, and emerged in the early 1970s as the first lush–lipped 'exotic' brunette to break into a modelling world dominated by sunny California blondes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Janice owned the modelling world in the 1970s. Animated by a fierce desire to be recognised, a fearless spirit, and an insatiable hunger for alcohol, cocaine, sex, and fun, Dickinson appeared on every magazine cover, worked with every major designer and photographer (from Calvin Klein and Gianni Versace to Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon), was married three times, and had passionate affairs or one–night stands with everyone from Warren Beatty to Jack Nicholson to Mick Jagger. Though her career waned in the 1990s, her dramatic life story did not: in recent years she has fought a hotly contested paternity suit with Sylvester Stallone, survived a near–fatal car wreck during a tequila\/marijuana blackout in St Bart's, and waged a raging battle with alcohol and drug addiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Engaging . . . vivid . . . illuminating. . . . [Janice] survives it all--cushioned by her beauty, her rage, and most of all her sense of humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—W Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I started this book at midnight and finished at 6 A.M. (she ruined my day!). But she’s High Speed Janice, spirit triumphant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Hutton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The ultimate insider’s look at the big business of beauty. . . . Janice’s story is unvarnished and raw, with all the energy and humor that has been her lifelong trademark.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheryl Tiegs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I love Janice.  She is crazy, unbearable, flamboyant, excessive--but she is true.  There must be a reason she’s been able to survive all her excesses: some kind of guardian angel who was moved by her difficult trials, her profound generosity, her truthful speech, and her lack of arrogance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Naudet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A roller-coaster ride through the world of modeling. . . . Dickinson comes across as a triumphant survivor. . . . Her willingness to recognize her own flaws makes it easy to relate to her positive message and should inspire readers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wild . . . surely raising eyebrows—and blood pressure—from Milano to Mullholland Drive. . . . her deft recollections ring tellingly true.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“She’s a brilliant model, the best ever, I think. She will be talked about for as long as modeling exists.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTara Shannon, Model\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Janice . . . speaks with the candor of Cher, the bite of Joan Rivers and the sexual bonhomie of Mae West.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiz Smith, New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dickinson gossips like a pro . . . but her tough-girl-survives-against-the-odds attitude manages to make the dirt she dishes shamefully savory. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gisele, Naomi, Kate—none of you would be where you are now without Janice Dickinson. . . the pioneering princess of high fashion.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No other catwalker has had such a yeasty life, nor been willing to speak of it so jovially and graphically.  Janice . . . speaks with the candor of Cher, the bite of Joan Rivers and the sexual bonhomie of Mae West.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiz Smith, New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dickinson has managed to take what life has offered and work it . . . what keeps the book from becoming too tawdry is Dickinson’s sense of humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Wear Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One rollercoaster of a read…Dickinson gossips like a pro…but her tough-girl-survives-against-the-odds attitude manages to make the dirt she dishes shamefully savory.  B+” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Janice Dickinson is a funny and fluid narrator . . . what makes [her book] interesting is her scathing inventory of everyone’s desperate behavior, including her own. . . . She’s like all forces of nature--you take them on their own terms. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Entirely real . . it is the honesty with which it is written that may drive you from beginning to end in a single sitting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperEntertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889093079269,"sku":"NP9780060566173","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060566173.jpg?v=1730230496","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/no-lifeguard-the-accidental-life-of-the-worlds-first-supermodel-isbn-9780060566173","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}