Outofshapeworthlessloser : [online electronic book] a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out.

Outofshapeworthlessloser : [online electronic book] a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out.

Alternate Title
Outofshapeworthlessloser : a memoir of figure skating, fucking up, and figuring it out
 
Out of shape worthless loser

By
Gold, Gracie, 1995-

Publication Date
2024

Subject Term
Electronic books.
 
Figure skating.
 
Eating disorders in women.
 
Figure skating -- United States.
 
Women Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography.
 
Eating disorders in women -- United States.
 
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.

Summary
In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to TeenVogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift. But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off. In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold's public star was rising, her private life was falling apart: Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years withdemanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll. Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating: the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health.

Language
English

ISBN
9780593444054


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