Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics - Softcover

Sey, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061351474 ISBN 13: 9780061351471

Publisher: It Books, 2019

Synopsis

Chalked Up Published in time for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, this book by a champion gymnast tells her riveting true story of pain, abuse, neglect, and endurance on the road to the Olympics. 16-page b&w photo insert.

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Review:

"Is the wonder of seeing these tiny bodies propel through space worth the horror they suffer to achieve grace and beauty? Or--and this is a conclusion the Sey refuses to draw--is this "sport" just institutionalized, commercialized, child abuse?"--Penthouse

"Sey writes with vivid, clear-eyed candor; she doesn't blame others, instead feeling that all the pressure came from within...To this day, this former athlete, now a highly successful businesswoman, is haunted by feelings of failure. Young athletes and their parents would appreciate Sey's book."--Library Journal

"Chalked Up pulls no punches...Sey's writing is brilliant...offering perceptive psychoanalysis of everyone in her isolated world...Chalked Up is proof that she still has alot of guts."--International Gymnast

"A cautionary tale to not just athletes, parents, coaches, and judges but to fans of gymnastics... intense, gripping, and powerful."--Kathryn Bertine, ESPN columnist and author of All the Sundays Yet to Come: A Skater's Journey

"A courageous story befitting a comeback kid--a timely release for the 2008 Olympics."--Publishers Weekly

"Sey's memoir has sent shock waves through the tightly knit world of top athletes, sparking controversy...She hopes her book might serve as both a wake-up call to a sport that she says she still loves and a lesson to parents whose children enter the world of top athletics."--The Observer, UK

"CURLING UP WITH A GOOD HEALTH BOOK: In 1986 Sey was the number one gymnast in America. Her memoir recounts what it took to get there. As a former gymnast myself (no where NEAR as accomplished), I relished this unvarnished account of the sport."--Real Simple Magazine (blog), Liz Krieger

"A remarkably candid, unblinking portrait of what it truly takes to become a champion...that may forever alter the way you watch sports."--Jake Tapper, Senior National Correspondent, ABC News

"She has eloquently and fairly exposed a dark side to our sport that parents have long needed to be made aware of."--Dominique Moceanu, Olympic Gold Medal Winning Gymnast

About the Author:

The 1986 national gymnastics champion and a seven-time U.S. National team member, Jennifer Sey is a graduate of Stanford University. She lives with her husband and two sons in San Francisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: It Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0061351474
• ISBN 13: 9780061351471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306