Fierce : how competing for myself changed everything
(2017)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/796.44/RAISMAN,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780316472708, 0316472700, 9780316472708
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Reverse side of book jacket is a poster of the author
Honest and heartfelt, frank and funny, Aly's story is enhanced with never-before-published photos, excerpts from the personal journals she's kept since childhood that chronicle memorable moments with her teammates, and hard-won advice for readers striving to rise above challenges, learn to love themselves, and make their own dreams come true
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CONTENTS
Prologue --
Supergirls --
Cartwheels --
A Team --
Getting serious --
Meet the elite --
Ranch --
American dreamer --
Worlds away --
Pressure cooker --
First taste of gold --
Going pro --
Lows and highs --
Fierce Five --
Golden summer --
Number four --
A gold of my own --
Famous Five --
Dancing into a new me --
Together again --
Return --
Body positive --
Survivors --
High anxiety --
Doubt --
Road to Rio --
All-around confident --
Final Five --
A silver lining --
Balance --
Fierce guide to life