{"product_id":"guarded-women-water-and-saving-lives-paperback","title":"Guarded: Women, Water, and Saving Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebbie Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGUARDED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e takes readers inside the hidden world of California's first women ocean lifeguards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s, every beach was run by men who claimed the biggest surf and the gnarliest conditions. Women were met with raised eyebrows: Can she cut it here?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold, foggy morning in 1978, eighteen-year-old Debbie Friedman stood in the sand at Huntington Beach with one hundred men. The starting gun fired. She charged into the surf-and into a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was immersion into a fiercely competitive, insular beach culture shaped by life-and-death consequences and entrenched ideas about who belonged. As one of the first women hired, Friedman stepped into a lifeguard world that did not include women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending personal narrative with the rarely told stories of other women who entered the profession, \u003cem\u003eGUARDED\u003c\/em\u003e captures a pivotal era on the California coast-intensely physical, funny, exhilarating, and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll never look at lifeguarding the same way again.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52042796466477,"sku":"9798993766409","price":20.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/guarded-women-water-and-saving-lives-paperback-6015942.webp?v=1780171566","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/guarded-women-water-and-saving-lives-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}