A skating life

Hamill, Dorothy.

Large Print 2007

A memoir by the Olympic gold medalist shares the secrets of her private life, from her difficulties with her alcoholic father and her emotionally distant mother to her ex-husband's fatal plane crash and her own struggles with depression and bankruptcy.

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Women figure skaters United States Biography

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ISBN:

9780786299652

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
large print

Contents:

How to breed an Olympic champion
maybe?
The Lake Placid years
Bright lights, big city girl
Go west, young skater
This way to the Olympics
Hollywood, here I come
The high price of gold
Love on the run
Good-bye, Dean
Family life
finally
Escapades
Divorce, Dorothy style
The racehorse back at the starting gate
Golden snowflakes

LCCN:

2007027909

Control Number:

3005932

Other Authors:

Amelon, Deborah

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