title: Snowboarding for Women: A Guide for the Betty Shred Wannabe
author:  Chickie Rosenberg 
description: "Rosenberg's book is curious in that she addresses women whose conventional concerns make them unconventional snowboarders." -- <i>The Rutland Herald, Rutland, VT. November 14, 2004</i><br /><br />"This is the right book at the right time as it deals with the issues women face." -- <i>The Township Journal, February 5, 2004</i><br /><br />Chickie Rosenberg's "tips will help adult women overcome their aversion to cold, heights and hurtling downhill." -- <i>New Jersey Life, February 2004</i><br /><br />Headline: "Assertiveness on the Slopes" Chickie Rosenberg "effectively puts across why women ought to take cues from her." -- <i>The New York Times, November 30, 2003 by Tammy LaGorce</i><br /><br />This is an excellent primer for those new to snowboarding...a preparation guide for the first few days out. -- <i>SnoNewsIsGoodNews.com newsletter, February 4,2004 written by Paul McMorris-contributing editor- Skiing Magazine</i>
zlib_text: A Fawcett Columbine Book  
  
  Published by Ballantine Books
  
  Copyright © 1988 by Parachute Press, Inc
  
    
  
  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
  Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division
  Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of
  Canada Limited, Toronto.
  
    
  
  ISBN: 0-449-90295-1  
  
    
  
  Cover design by Dale Fiorillo
  
  Illustration by Rowena Morrill
  
    
  
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  
  First Edition: November 1988
  
  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  
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  ![](Images/image00067.jpeg) **BOOK ONE**![](Images/image00065.jpeg)
  
   **Swept Away**
  
    
    
    
    
  
  JOSEPHA SHERMAN  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  FAWCETT COLUMBINE ![](Images/image00066.jpeg) GIRLS ONLY
  
  New York
  
    
    
  
   **1**  
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  **Swept Away**
  
    
  
  “I still don’t see how you can like that weird old Dr. Reit, Sheila.” Cookie
  Roger