02862cam a2200337 i 4500 1148648388 TxAuBib 20240221120000.0 231101s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023048670 9780593444047 hbk. $28.99 0593444043 hbk. $28.99 TxAuBib rda Gold, Gracie, 1995- Outofshapeworthlessloser : a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out / Gracie Gold. Out of shape worthless loser. First edition. New York : Crown, [2024] viii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier An Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to TeenVogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift. But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off. In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold's public star was rising, her private life was falling apart: Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years withdemanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll. Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating: the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health. Told with unflinching honesty and stirring defiance, Outofshapeworthlessloser is not only a forceful reckoning from a world-class athlete but also an intimate account of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs. 20240222. Gold, Gracie, 1995- Figure skaters United States Biography. Women Olympic athletes United States Biography. Eating disorders in women United States. Women United States Social aspects. Autobiographies.