{"product_id":"admissions-a-memoir-of-surviving-boarding-school-paperback","title":"Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKendra James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022 BY ESQUIRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of \u003ci\u003eAdmissions\u003c\/i\u003e is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she -- or any Black student, or all Black students -- would manage the failures of a racially illiterate community. . . The best depiction of elite whiteness I've read.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Most Anticipated Book by Vogue.com \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003eNew York Post \u003c\/i\u003e- Lit Hub - BookRiot - Electric Literature - \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire -\u003c\/i\u003e Publishers Weekly - Bustle \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFodor's Travel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eBusiness Insider \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003ePop Sugar \u003cb\u003e- InsideHook\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- SheReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early on in Kendra James' professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she persuaded students and families to embark on the same perilous journey she herself had made--to attend cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Her new job forced her to reflect on her own elite education experience, and to realize how disillusioned she had become with America's inequitable system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In ADMISSIONS, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, chronicling clashes with her lily-white roommate, how she had to unlearn the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and the fall-out from a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for segregation of campus. Through these stories, some troubling, others hilarious, she deconstructs the lies and half-truths she herself would later tell as an admissions professional, in addition to the myths about boarding schools perpetuated by popular culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its combination of incisive social critique and uproarious depictions of elite nonsense, ADMISSIONS will resonate with anyone who has ever been The Only One in a room, dealt with racial microaggressions, or even just suffered from an extreme case of homesickness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKendra James \u003c\/b\u003ewas a founding editor at \u003ci\u003eShondaland.com\u003c\/i\u003e where she wrote and edited work for two years. She has been heard and seen on NPR and podcasts including \"Thirst Aid Kit,\" \"Three Swings,\" \"Star Trek: The Pod Directive,\" \"The Canon,\" and \"Al Jazeera.\" Her writing has been published widely from \u003ci\u003eElle, Marie Claire, Women's Health Magazine, Lenny, The Verge, Harpers, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatapult, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Toast\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757384859936,"sku":"9781538753507","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/826824bd88f03e9413b2770d14588982.webp?v=1780100983","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/admissions-a-memoir-of-surviving-boarding-school-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}