J. J. Gearhart

Go-to Girl (eBook, ePUB)

Dives, Digs, and a Golden Spike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mothers and daughters, coaches and players, athletic vs. academic cultures: Go-to Girl provides a portrait of student-athlete J.J. Gearhart as she navigates life at an elite school. One of the first female athletics scholarship recipients at Stanford University, J.J.'s ambitions are simple: she wants an Olympic volleyball career and a medical school degree. She hopes to find a cure for her mother's mysterious autoimmune illness before her Mama Jo dies. A heroine's journey full of obstacles, Go-to Girl: Digs, Dives and a Golden Spike celebrates the strange and magical culture of 1980s Stanford University, as Gearhart learns that life is not about finding herself; it's about creating a self, full of purpose and joy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Advanced Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781631322334
• Artikelnr.: 70717216

Autorenporträt

J.J. Gearhart possesses a unique perspective on the Title IX journey of American women to opportunity and recognition through athletic endeavors, due to her experiences as a college and semi-professional volleyball player, championship coach, and mother of two intercollegiate volleyball players. J.J. has received national recognition from the Positive Coaching Alliance, a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities for her research and writing projects, and is in her third term as Poet Laureate of San Ramon, CA. She has held open the door Title IX unlocked for generations of ambitious women who want to play ball. After retiring from teaching and coaching in the California public school system in 2020, she earned dual M.F.A. degrees in Poetry and Creative Non-fiction from St. Mary's College of California.