{"product_id":"american-sweetheart-still-not-making-the-team-9780997722451","title":"American Sweetheart: Still Not Making the Team","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, Chiufang Hwang tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on a whim, and the experience was an epiphany. \"That day in Texas Stadium, I finally understood what I had missed out on in high school and college growing up as the eldest daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. I felt so special. I felt included. I felt more like a teenage girl than when I actually was one. But mostly, I felt so American.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince then Hwang has participated in more than ten Cowboys Cheerleader tryouts, becoming a fixture at the annual auditions. Besides loving competition, pushing her limits, and reveling in the camaraderie of those pursuing sideline glory, Hwang hopes to inspire others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I want to empower women of all ages to pursue their own impossible dream. Maybe the novelty of a fifty-year-old Chinese-American psychiatrist--who has still never even seen a football game--trying out to be an NFL cheerleader will spark them to think: Why not?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Sweetheart: \u003c\/em\u003eStill\u003cem\u003e Not Making the Team\u003c\/em\u003e recounts Hwang's unique perspective of American pop culture and her place in it with humor, poignant insight, and unexpected candor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sdp Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997722451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Chiufang Hwang M. D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36647085834396,"sku":"9780997722451","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_19481f1e-cacd-41fa-b89d-46ea79edbf7b.jpg?v=1603866028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-sweetheart-still-not-making-the-team-9780997722451","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}