Binding: Paperback
Description: Propulsive transfixing and disturbing. I could not set the book down. Harrowing and fearlessly honest The Happiest Girl in the World is a haunting read because it couldn't have done justice to its subjects fictional and real any other way. Popsugar One of Good Morning America's Best Books of April! From the acclaimed author of Mercy House comes a gripping new novel about a young woman's dreams of Olympic gymnastic gold and what it takes to reach the top For Sera Wheeler the Olympics is the reason for everything. It's why she trains thirty hours a week starves herself to under 100 pounds and pops Advil like Tic Tacs. For her mother Charlene hungry for glory she never had it's why she rises before dawn to drive Sera to practice in a different state and why the family scrimps saves and fractures. It's why when Sera's best friend reports the gymnastics doctor to the authority who selects the Olympic Team Sera denies what she knows about his treatments thus preserving favor. Their friendship shatters. But Sera protected her dream didn t she? Sera doubles down taping broken toes numbing torn muscles and pouring her family's resources into the sport. Soon she isn t training for the love of gymnastics. She's training to make her disloyalty worthwhile. No matter the cost. The Happiest Girl in the World explores the dark history behind an athlete who stands on the world stage biting gold. It's about the silence required of the exceptional a tarnished friendship and the sacrifices a parent will make for a child even as a family is torn apart. It's about the price of greatness.
Title: The Happiest Girl In The World A Novel
Author(s): Dillon Alena
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780063019041
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction