portada The Peerless Four: A Novel (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Victoria Patterson

Editorial

Catapult

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20x13.5x1.5 cm

Peso

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781619024410

Categorías

Ficción: general y literaria
Ficción deportiva
Ficción histórica

The Peerless Four: A Novel (en Inglés)

Victoria Patterson (Autor) · Catapult · Tapa Blanda

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Running so hard you think you'll choke on your next breath. Lungs burning like they're drenched in battery acid. Peripheral vision blurred by the same adrenaline that drowns out the cheers coming from the full stadium. And of course, the reporters. The men scribbling furiously on their notepads so they can publish every stumble, sprain, and sniffle in these historic games. This was the world of the female athletes in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first games in which women were allowed to compete (and on a trial basis, at that). Nicknamed the Peerless Four, the Canadian track team included some of the strongest and most diversely talented women on the scene. Narrated by the team's chaperone--a former runner herself--the women embark on their journey with the same golden goals as every other Olympian, male or female. But as the Olympic tension begins to rise with unexpected injuries, heartbreaking disqualifications, and the pressure of supreme athletic performance, each woman discovers new fears and new priorities, all while the weight of women's future in the Olympics rests on their performance poise. The Peerless Four is more than a sports novel, more than a record of how far women's rights have come in the past 75 years. It's a meditation on sacrifice, loyalty, commitment, perseverance, and the courage to live a true underdog tale.