{"product_id":"9781647427283","title":"Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCheek, Lisa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShe Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbigail Thomas and Sloane Crosley, a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003edebut memoir and (sort of) Cinderella story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e about a woman who’d been told she was “too old” to create magic who flew to rural China, edited a film without speaking a word of Mandarin, and discovered her own power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eListed in People’s “Best Books of January 2025”\u003cbr\u003e Listed in Zibby Owens's “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLisa Cheek loved editing TV commercials—almost as much as she loved her dog, Ron Howard. Then, she “aged out” of advertising, at 45. After being let go, Lisa got a call—at 2:45 AM—from a director who, like everyone in Hollywood, had a film he wanted to make: the original Cinderella story. Now, his dream could come true—if Lisa granted his wish.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSit, Cinderella, Sit\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Cheek shares her adventures in editing a film made on location in China—along the Tibetan border—where Mandarin was the only language spoken by everyone but her. Stuck in a house with fourteen men she couldn’t understand, literally, she yearned for conversation and coffee.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But there were moments of wonder and laughter. Lisa forged a bond with her translator and a woman named Sunny. She rescued one dog, and then another. “Everyone speaks Cinderella,” the director had assured her. Maybe he was right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Told with humor and heart through a fairy tale lens, with flashbacks into the author’s not-always-happy childhood, \u003ci\u003eSit, Cinderella, Sit \u003c\/i\u003eis a story about what can happen when you take a leap of faith, look and hear beyond people’s differences, and dare to believe in yourself.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46067822788863,"sku":"9781647427283","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_6245562c-5ecc-43e9-baed-63619328c657.jpg?v=1771348258","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781647427283","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}