Can you recommend a well-written figure skaters bio?
January 2, 2006 9:19 AM Subscribe
Can you recommend a well-written figure skater's autobiography or biography?
A lot of athlete bios are commerical drek, and are products rather than books, though there are some thoughtful and intelligent ones here and there. So, if anyone could steer me to one of the latter, I'd be profoundly grateful. I'm reading this as research for a writing project, not for pleasure, and am hoping to find something that is at least painless to read.
A lot of athlete bios are commerical drek, and are products rather than books, though there are some thoughtful and intelligent ones here and there. So, if anyone could steer me to one of the latter, I'd be profoundly grateful. I'm reading this as research for a writing project, not for pleasure, and am hoping to find something that is at least painless to read.
Ekaterina Gordeeva wrote an account about her partnership with her late husband, Sergei Grinkov called My Sergei: A Love Story. Not sure how well it will serve for research purposes, but it's an easy read and gives some insight to the Soviet system as it relates to figure skating.
posted by phoenixc at 10:26 AM on January 2, 2006
posted by phoenixc at 10:26 AM on January 2, 2006
Second for My Sergei. Rudy Galindo's book was readable, and was more emotionally candid than the typical PR fluff bios.
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 12:24 PM on January 2, 2006
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 12:24 PM on January 2, 2006
I still haven't gotten around to reading it, but by all accounts Toller Cranston's autobio is quite entertaining.
posted by litlnemo at 4:19 PM on January 2, 2006
posted by litlnemo at 4:19 PM on January 2, 2006
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