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      Trespassing

      by Gwendolyn M. Parker
      Published
      Oct 1997
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      209
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      "A striking memoir of a gifted black woman's lonely, difficult, and unsatisfying climb to the heights of American power and prestige." —Kirkus Reviews

      Parker's compelling memoir offers a revealing glimpse inside corporate America through the eyes of a black woman "intruder." From a nurturing childhood in a middle-class black community, Parker rose in the ranks on Wall Street only to discover that racism and sexism still prevail at the top. Full of both outrage and regret, Trespassing is frank and unflinching but leavened with humor and compassion. "An important, keenly observed work that should be read by everyone who is interested in a good story, as well as by those intrigued by the gripping personal drama that comes from extending token access to a few black professionals and calling that phenomenon—integration" (Lani Guinier, author of The Tyranny of Meritocracy).

      "The stings and isolation of a career at the top . . . engagingly written and fluidly paced." —The New York Times
      "An important voice in Black women's emerging tapestry of words." —Jill Nelson, author of Volunteer Slavery
      "Searching and painfully revealing, depicting each moment with searing clarity . . . Parker shows what it means to be invisible and erased." —Time
      "Graceful . . . funny, moving and insightful." —Newsday

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      First Edition Oct 1997 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780395822975 ISBN10 0395822971
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      Jan 1999 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780547561684 ISBN10 0547561687
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      Jan 1999 Houghton Mifflin ISBN10 B004H1U2LK
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