{"product_id":"walking-a-tightrope-backward-in-high-heels","title":"Walking a Tightrope Backward in High Heels","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the halls of the Philadelphia City Council to the challenges of single motherhood, Blondell Reynolds-Brown's memoir Walking a Tightrope Backward in High Heels offers an unflinching look at what it takes to succeed in the bruising arena of big-city politics. As one of Philadelphia's most influential councilwomen, Reynolds-Brown shattered glass ceilings and championed transformative legislation for women, children, and families during her remarkable twenty-year tenure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind the headlines and policy victories lay a more intimate story: that of a divorced single mother navigating the delicate balance between personal ambition and family obligations. With remarkable candor, Reynolds-Brown reveals the storms she weathered, including a public campaign controversy that threatened to derail everything she'd built. Yet through it all, she demonstrates how to \"adjust the sail\" when the winds of change blow fierce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart political memoir, part leadership manifesto, this powerful account from a pioneering public servant shows what's possible with equal measures of moxie and grace. Reynolds-Brown's journey from educator to accomplished legislator offers an inspiring blueprint for anyone who's ever had to fight twice as hard to get half as far-and emerged stronger for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1959811835\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781959811831\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Reynolds-Brown, Blondell, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Wordeee\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wordeee","offers":[{"title":"HardCover (Jul 2025)","offer_id":45659662942405,"sku":"9781959811831","price":30.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781959811831.jpg?v=1768913267","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/walking-a-tightrope-backward-in-high-heels","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}