Carrie Snyder

Girl Runner (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A 104-year-old woman shares memories of Olympic gold and unspeakable loss in this "well-crafted" novel (Library Journal). An unforgettable novel about competition, ambition, and a woman's struggle to earn a place in a man's world, Girl Runner follows young runner Aganetha Smart, who defied everyone's expectations to win a gold medal for Canada in the 1928 Olympics. It was a revolutionary victory because these were the first Games in which women could compete in track events. Now, Aganetha is in a nursing home, and nobody realizes that the frail centenarian was once a bold pioneer. When two strangers appear asking to interview Aganetha for a documentary about female athletes, she readily agrees. Despite her frailty, she yearns for adventure and escape, and though her achievement may have been forgotten by history, her memories of chasing gold in Amsterdam remain sharp. But that triumph is only one thread in the rich tapestry of her life, and as Aganetha's story takes shape, it becomes clear that the power of family ties-and secrets-does not diminish through the years, and that these filmmakers may not be who they claim to be...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 291
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062336064
• Artikelnr.: 42141784

Autorenporträt

Carrie Snyder's Girl Runner was short-listed for the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Her previous book, The Juliet Stories, was a finalist for the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award and named one of the Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books of the Year. Her first book, the short story collection Hair Hat, was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed Award for Short Fiction.