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Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running From Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton (Hardcover, 2015)

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But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. But Suzy could not keep her double life a secret forever. Author: Suzy Favor Hamilton.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 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 a 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, 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.

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Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers Inc
ISBN-13
9780062346223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216666197

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Book Title
Fast Girl: Alife Spent Running from Madness
Author
Suzy Favor Hamilton
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Memorials
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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238mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
455g

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Suzy Favor Hamilton
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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4 out of 5 stars
by K4gZEiygTiW@Del...10 Nov, 2015
Very Honest Fast Girl
This book was compelling and at times painfully honest. I enjoyed it. To be an athlete at that level took super hard work and an obsessive personality, and of course good genetics. She resisted taking performance enhancing drugs even though she knew many she was running against did. One coach even suggested she use them. Bi Polar disorder ran in her family and destroyed her brother and affected Suzy. She went thorough some horrible times getting the wrong medication. After 3 Olympics, and over a decade of hard training, it was over. She didn't win an Olympic medal, but she had the best times in the world two of those years going into the Olympics, won NCAA titles 9 times and was perhaps the best respected and loved athlete in Wisconsin. Her good looks was a major asset. She went in a different direction when her running career was over., She took risks,sky dived and became the second highest rated Escort in Vegas. Many would judge these actions as bad and dangerous. She made outrageous money as an escort and that and the sex was a high. She admitted she always had a strong sexual appetite. The Smoking Gun website found out about her post running activities and exposed her. Through it all she managed to keep her marriage together. She even had the courage to go on TV shows like 20/20 and answer questions about her life.Read full review
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4 out of 5 stars
by hemar_437921 Oct, 2020
Fast Girl is a perfect title
Fascinating story about a young gal whose mental health issues go untreated until there is a real crisis in her life
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3 out of 5 stars
by mikegottlieb01 Jun, 2017
A Sad Story with a Reasonable Happy Ending
Learning of her early life and the genetic factors affecting her and her brother plus the medical mistakes on medication is heartbreaking. But knowing she came out of it intact with a loving husband and daughter is heart warming. Mike Gottlieb
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5 out of 5 stars
by linseymariecher...16 Apr, 2017
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