PDF/ePub->On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating Writen - Karina Manta
On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating
By : Karina Manta
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Book Synopsis :
An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers was published in the New York Times, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL.Karina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's
Book Detail :
Author : Karina Manta
Pages : 336 pages
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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ISBN-10 : 0593308468
ISBN-13 : 9780593308462
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