Breaking The Surface
This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation.\ Born to a young Samoan father and Northern European mother, and adopted at nine months, Greg began diving at age nine, and at sixteen won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. But despite his astonishing athletic skill, Greg struggled with late-detected...
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“This taut, unapologetic book may help people accept others as they are--including Olympic champions. That would be a gold-medal legacy.”--New York Times Book Review Publishers Weekly Four-time Olympic diving champion Louganis's memoir, acknowledging that he had tested HIV-positive several months prior to the 1988 Olympics, was a PW bestseller for nine weeks. (Mar.)
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Four-time Olympic diving champion Louganis's memoir, acknowledging that he had tested HIV-positive several months prior to the 1988 Olympics, was a PW bestseller for nine weeks. (Mar.)\ \ \ From Barnes & NobleThe championship diver reveals his problem-ridden childhood, his struggle to conceal his homosexuality, & the bitter disappointment over losing endorsements after 4 stunning Olympic wins. A powerful story of courage & perseverance. B&W photos.\ \
