Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the Quest For Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals - Softcover

Brennan, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140280650 ISBN 13: 9780140280654

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

Opening with the 1997 U.S. National Championships and chronicling the subsequent year through the 1998 Olympic games, a respected sports journalist goes behind the scenes of this popular sport to give readers a look at the personalities and events that make it tick. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"The New York Times Book Review" Ms. Brennan...knows her subject intimately.

"The Hartford Courant" "Inside Edge" reads like a magazine article you can't put down.

"Publishers Weekly" [Brennan] is superbly qualified to do a book about the sport.... She covers every aspect thoroughly and candidly in this fine volume.

Synopsis:

Provides an inside look at one year in the lives of top figure skaters, including Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, Todd Eldredge, and Elvis Stojko, as they prepare for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140280650
• ISBN 13: 9780140280654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432