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Book SynopsisBrave, brutal . . . a riveting story about suffering, recovery, and redemption. Inspiring and relevant.
The New York Times
An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman''s journeyfrom the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroomand how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.
Keri Blakinger always lived life at full throttle. Growing up, that meant throwing herself into competitive figure skating with an all-consuming passion that led her to nationals. But when her skating career suddenly fell apart, that meant diving into self-destruction with the intensity she once saved for the ice.
For the next nine years, Keri ricocheted from one dark place to the next: living on the streets, selling drugs and sex, and shooting up between classes all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell. Then, on a cold day during her senior yea
