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Winning Balance : What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams by Shawn Johnson (2012, Hardcover)

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Shawn Johnson's "Winning Balance: What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams" is a hardcover book that offers a glimpse into the life of an Olympic Gold Medalist. The book is written in English and published by Tyndale House Publishers in 2012. It has 280 pages and features a dust jacket. The book is categorized under Biography & Autobiography and Religion, and is intended for young adults and adults. The book is 8.5 inches in length, 5.8 inches in width, and 1 inch in height, and weighs 13.9 ounces. The book is a nonfiction narrative that discusses Christian life, sports, and religious topics. The book is illustrated and has free shipping.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTyndale House Publishers

ISBN-101414372108

ISBN-139781414372105

eBay Product ID (ePID)113011070

Product Key Features

Book TitleWinning Balance : What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicChristian Life / General, Religious, Sports

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorShawn Johnson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight13.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-007978

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsOlympic gold-medalist gymnast Johnson has written an endearing memoir of her rise to winning three silver medals and one gold at age 16. Every bit as interesting are her accounts of coping with the aftermath of fame, both as an Olympic champion and as a reality-TV star on Dancing with the Stars . Among the details: slips on the balance beam in front of Olympic judges, spats with parents, learning to wear heels, and realizing that what looks good on TV--makeup and hair extensions--can look strange in person. Johnson's "balanced" beginnings seem almost too idyllic at the start of the book, but as her struggle toward Olympic glory plays out, we come to appreciate the sturdy values of parents who knew instinctively to honor her high energy and uniqueness. Johnson emerges as a powerhouse champion with a winning attitude, always making the best of circumstances, even an injury that could have ended her career. Her book celebrates both family love and faith in God as wellsprings of strength. A solid offering from a woman wiser than her years suggest she might be.

Dewey Decimal277.3/083092 B

SynopsisTwenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won the widely popular Dancing with the Stars . Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity. Her loss of the major gymnastics prize everyone expected her to win in Beijing, the all-around Olympic gold medal, was the loss of a dream she'd worked for since childhood. And later, she suffered a potentially career-ending injury in a skiing accident that forced her life to a halt and made her rethink what was really important. She wasn't sure who she was anymore. She wasn't sure what her goals were. And she wasn't sure she was satisfied with where she was with her faith and God. Could she find the right kind of success in life--the kind that doesn't involve medals or trophies, but peace, love, and lasting joy? This is the amazing true journey of how the young woman who won an Olympic gold medal on the balance beam became even more balanced.

LC Classification NumberBV4596.A8J66 2012

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