title: The Berkeley Book of College Essays: Personal Statements for California Universities and Other Select Schools (A Cody's Book)
author: Janet Huseby
description: <DIV>Janet Huseby is a writer who has been helping students with their college essays for over ten years. A graduate of Barnard College, she began her career as a copy editor at the Brazil Herald. After a stint as a reporter for the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro she freelanced for Time Magazine and Time-Life Books.</DIV>
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  the Simpson Humanities Endowment Fund of the University of 
  California Press Foundation, which was established by a major 
  gift from Barclay and Sharon Simpson.
  
  The Road Out
  
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  The Road Out
  A Teacher’s Odyssey in 
  Poor America
  Deborah Hicks
  university of california press
  Berkeley   Los Angeles   London
  
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  presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing 
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