Off Balance: A Memoir

Off Balance: A Memoir
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In this searing and riveting New York Times bestseller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of successâ€¦and the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.

At fourteen years old, Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 US Womenâ€™s Olympic Gymnastics team, the first and only American womenâ€™s team to take gold at the Olympics. Her pixyish appearance and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of media darling. But behind the fame, the flawless floor routines, and the million-dollar smile, her life was a series of challenges and hardships.

Off Balance vividly delineates each of the dominating characters who contributed to Moceanuâ€™s rise to the top, from her stubborn father and long-suffering mother to her mercurial coach, Bela Karolyi. Here, Moceanu finally shares the haunting stories of competition, her years of hiding injuries and pain out of fear of retribution from her coaches, and how she hit rock bottom after a public battle with her parents.

But medals, murder plots, drugs, and daring escapes aside (all of which figure into Moceanuâ€™s incredible journey), the most unique aspect of her life is the family secret that Moceanu discovers, opening a new and unexpected chapter in her adult life. A mysterious letter from a stranger reveals that she has a second sisterâ€”born with a physical disability and given away at birthâ€”who has nonetheless followed in Moceanuâ€™s footsteps in an astonishing way.

A multilayered memoir that transcends the world of sports, Off Balance will touch anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life.
Country USA
Brand Touchstone
Manufacturer Touchstone
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber , black & white illustrations, frontispi
ReleaseDate 2013-06-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451608663

Country	USA
Brand	Touchstone
Manufacturer	Touchstone
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	, black & white illustrations, frontispi
ReleaseDate	2013-06-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451608663

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