Hey, Lady! Your Tin Snips are Showing [NOOK Book]

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Enter a world where men--supposedly--rule and women aren't usually welcome; Ms. Szillagyi shows us the real truth behind the construction business... the good, the bad, and the hilarious.
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Hey, Lady! Your Tin Snips are Showing

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Overview

Enter a world where men--supposedly--rule and women aren't usually welcome; Ms. Szillagyi shows us the real truth behind the construction business... the good, the bad, and the hilarious.
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Editorial Reviews

Michael McConnell
If you think that sounds like a strange subject for a 164-page book, Szillagyi would agree with you. 'It is kind of an unusual story,' she says, but adds it was one she felt she had to get down on paper. 'This is a lifelong dream. I've always wanted to be an author.' So around 1990, Szillagyi, who worked as a journalist while in the National Guard, sat down in front of an old IBM Selectric typewriter and started writing the semi-autobiographical story...
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940000071182
  • Publisher: SynergEbooks
  • Publication date: 1/1/2001
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • File size: 913 KB

Meet the Author

Beth Szillagyi has been a sheet metal worker for almost thirty years and has been writing ever since she learned how. She won several writing contests in high school and college, and spent five years as a journalist in the Army National Guard. Her 'pet' magazine when she started in the construction business was Tradeswomen Magazine, where she published ten stories about being the lone woman amongst a sea of men. (Note: The magazine is now, unfortunately, out of print, but back issues are still available on the Internet, of course!)

Her current book, Notes From Rainbow Bridge, was inspired by her own angel dog, Cassie Jane, after whom the main character in the book, Chloe, is closely modeled.
Her first endeavor, Hey Lady! Your Tin Snips are Showing! started out as a short, non-fiction version that was first published in Tradeswomen Magazine in the early 1980s. It later found its way to "Hard-Hatted Women," an anthology published by Seal Press in 1988, and finally to Cosmopolitan Magazine in September 1991.

Beth lives and plays in Illinois with her husband and best friend, Bob, who is also a construction worker, and her dog Jake. Bob's children inspired her second book Cobwebs in the Broiler, the story of how Val learns how to be a step parent by the seat of her pants.

She retired from construction in 2009 so she has more time to write, volunteer at the no-kill animal shelter and perhaps take an art class or start playing the piano again.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 25, 2010

    Every woman should read this

    Very colorful language through out the book. "Val" sets the "guys" straight when they give her a rough time coming in to the sheet metal trade. Eventually Beth wins them over and finds some life long friends. Lots of laughs!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 14, 2010

    Made me laugh out loud

    The honesty with which this story is told is outstanding. I literally laughed out loud reading this book, well worth the read. Highly recommend it for a few hours of fun.

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