Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey6/19/2023 ![]() When I sat down to write Chalked Up sometime in 2006, I was not happy. United States Gymnastics National Champions 1975 to 2007,Īs stated by USA Gymnastics, the governing body forĪs many stories do, this one started with no small degree of misery. A powerful portrait of intensity and drive, eating disorders and stage parents, abusive coaches and manipulative businessmen, Chalked Up is the story of a young girl whose dreams would become subsumed by the adults around her. Now, Sey reveals the tarnish beneath her gold medals. And the adults in her life refused to notice her downward spiral. But as she set her sights higher and higher, Jennifer began to change, setting her needs, her health, and her well-being aside in the name of winning. Her early success propelled her family to sacrifice everything to help her become, by age 11, one of America’s elite. Dominique Moceanu, Olympic Gold Medal Winning Gymnastįanciful dreams of becoming the next Nadia Comaneci led Jennifer Sey to become a gymnast at the age of six. ![]() She has eloquently and fairly exposed a dark side to our sport that parents have long needed to be made aware of.” ![]() ![]() “I am grateful to Jennifer Sey for sharing such an honest account of her experiences as an elite gymnast. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |