Fast girl : a life spent running from madness
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- Label
- Fast girl : a life spent running from madness
- Title remainder
- a life spent running from madness
- Statement of responsibility
- Suzy Favor Hamilton ; [with Sarah Tomlinson]
- Subject
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- trueBipolar disorder
- trueDepression
- trueFavor Hamilton, Suzy
- Favor Hamilton, Suzy
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Mental illness
- trueLife stories -- Sports | Athletes
- Manic-depressive illness -- United States -- Biography
- trueOlympic athletes
- Prostitutes -- Biography
- trueRunners
- Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography
- trueSexuality
- trueSports and competition -- Racing | Track and field
- Women Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography
- trueWomen athletes
- trueWomen runners -- United States -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Autobiographies
- trueAthletes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a major sports apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition, as well as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career. After a misdiagnosis and a recommendation for medication that only exacerbated her mania and made her hypersexual, Suzy embarked on a new path, and assumed a new identity. Fueled by a newfound confidence, a feeling of strength and independence and a desire she couldn't tamp down, she became a high-priced escort in Las Vegas, working as "Kelly." But Suzy could not keep her double life a secret forever. When it was eventually exposed, it sent her into a reckless suicidal period where the only option seemed out. Finally, with the help of her devoted husband, Suzy finally got the proper medical help she needed. In this startling frank memoir, she recounts the journey to outrun her demons, revealing how a woman used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms with her unstable mind. It is the story of how a supreme competitor scored her most important victory of all -- reclaiming her life from the ravages of an untreated mental illness. Today, thanks to diagnosis and therapy, Kelly has stepped into the shadows, but Suzy is building a better life, one day at a time. Sharing her story, Suzy is determined to raise awareness, provide understanding, and offer inspiration to others coping with their own challenges
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 796.42092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV1061.15.F39
- LC item number
- A3 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Target audience
- adult
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