
Fast Girl
A Life Spent Running from Madness
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Narrado por:
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Suzy Favor Hamilton
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Nan McNamara
The former middle-distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet Mind.
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 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.
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Not bad
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Worth the listen.
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Great book!
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. Anyone who's dealing with this disorder and has someone in their life who does should read this.What did you like best about this story?
I honestly came because I was curious about how she went from the Olympics to being an escort and by the time the book ended, I had a new understanding of my sister who's been battling the same disorder. I had no idea she was fighting such a hard battle. Thank you.Gave me a new understanding
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Very good
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someone like me
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Amazing story of recovery and insight into the journey of bipolar disorder
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Wisconsin girl
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
I read this book to better understand a story I had seen about this on TV.Has Fast Girl turned you off from other books in this genre?
NoWhich scene was your favorite?
I enjoyed the early parts of the book explaining family and her running careerIf this book were a movie would you go see it?
NopeAny additional comments?
I understand the progression of the disease and the anxiety related to running, but the whole book had a tone of "poor me" and "it wasn't my fault" Almost justifying her behaviors and not taking responsibility. I was hoping that would happen in the end, but it did not.Filled with excuses and bragging
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