"In her new memoir Brave Enough, 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins shares her story for the first time. The core of Brave Enough traces her amazing journey from the heartland of the United States into the history books of sports. The memoir details her childhood in Afton, Minnesota (an idyllic small town nestled in a virtual snow globe), her meteoric rise as an elite youth athlete (she turned pro straight out of high school), and her dazzling athletic achievements on the world stage (she is a four time World Championship medalist and one of the most decorated women's winter athletes of all time). She also addresses important, personal issues like the importance of girls participation in sports. Diggins is also one of the most outspoken athletes that is stepping up to bring awareness to global climate change. Diggins also shares at length, for the first time, about her personal struggle with a serious eating disorder that nearly killed her"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Prologue: I Can Do It Myself
1. Snow Baby
2. Wild Child
3. Super Speed
4. Thunder Bay
5. The Stillwater Way
6. Pain Cave
7. The Great Balancing Act
8. To Ski or Not to Ski
9. Slow Spiral
10. The Emily Program
11. Never Alone
12. Blood, Sweat, and Tears
13. The National Team
14. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
15. Because 96 Isn’t 100
16. From Sochi, with Love
17. Give It All You Got
18. Know When to Fold ’Em
19. PyeongChang
20. Brave Hearts
21. Let’s Go Get It
22. One Team
23. Here Be Dragons
24. Coming Home; or, The Week I Masqueraded As a Rock Star
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
