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Dillon, Alena.
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Gymnasts -- Fiction.
Young women -- Fiction.
Women athletes -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
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Dillon, Alena.
Gymnasts -- Fiction.
Young women -- Fiction.
Women athletes -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
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The
happiest
girl
in the
world
: a
novel
/ Alena Dillon.
by
Dillon, Alena.
William Morrow, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION DIL
Subjects
Gymnasts -- Fiction.
Young women -- Fiction.
Women athletes -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063019041 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
358 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes reading group guide.
Summary:
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.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
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