A skating life /

The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle--though...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamill, Dorothy
Other Authors:	Amelon, Deborah
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Hyperion, ©2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Hamill, Dorothy. Hamill, Dorothy Women figure skaters > United States > Biography. Figure skaters > United States > Biography. Patineuses artistiques > États-Unis > Biographies. Figure skaters Women figure skaters Ice skaters > United States > Biography. United States Biography Autobiography autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Biographies. Autobiographies.

Table of Contents:

Prologue : Innsbruck, Austria
1. How to breed an Olympic champion-- maybe?
2. The Lake Placid years
3. Bright lights, big city girl
4. Go west, young skater
5. This way to the Olympics
6. Hollywood, here I come
7. The high price of gold
8. Love on the run
9. Good-bye, Dean
10. Family life-- finally
11. Escapades
12. Divorce, Dorothy style
13. The racehorse back at the starting gate
14. Golden snowflakes
Acknowledgments.