A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete Hardcover - 1997
by Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Sonja Steptoe
In an uplifting autobiography, three-time Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee tells the inspiring story of her triumphs not only in sports, but over poverty, family tragedy, and illness. of photos.
First line
The night in October 1960 when Alfred Joyner and Mary Ruth Gaines eloped, they told their grandmothers they were going on a date.
From the rear cover
Jackie is known throughout the world as the best female athlete ever - the winner of six Olympic medals, three of them gold; the current world-record holder in the heptathlon (the women's version of the male decathlon); the one-time world-record holder in the long jump; and an All-America basketball player. She grew up in East St. Louis in a house "little more than wallpaper and sticks". Her parents were poor teenagers when they married. She made her first long-jump pit in her backyard from borrowed playground sand. One of her first performances went unrecorded because of the color of her skin. Yet Jackie not only had an innate ability to conquer speed and distance, but possessed an irrepressible personality and a deep, unshakable love of sport. As she harnessed her talents, Jackie began an amazing string of multisport successes. In the midst of it all, she would try to hold her family together after her mother's tragic early death (Mary was only 37), and face her own devastating grief. As she climbed the dizzying heights of international and Olympic competition, she would face relentless media attention that escalated when she married Bob Kersee, her enormously successful - and controversial - coach. As she reached her profession's peak, she would battle life-threatening asthma, unfounded accusations of drug-induced performance enhancement, and recurring injuries. Ultimately, she would unite her experience and determination to achieve the most meaningful victories of all - those that shape and build lives beyond the field.
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- Title A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete
- Author Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Sonja Steptoe
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Grand Central Publishing, New York
- Date 1997-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780446522489 / 0446522481
- Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 6.28 x 1.08 in (23.77 x 15.95 x 2.74 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, Women track and field athletes - United
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97014966
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/1997, Page 1771
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/1997, Page 1185
- Library Journal, 11/01/1997, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/1997, Page 82
- Publishers Weekly, 09/01/1997, Page 88
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