On Top of Glass : My Stories As a Queer Girl in Figure Skating
by
Karina Manta
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0593308492
ISBN-13
9780593308493
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Imprint
Ember
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2023
Print length
327 Pages
Weight
256 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 20.90 x 2.10 cms
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An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Reisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.
Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay "I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers" was published, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL.
Karina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it's a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.
Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay "I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers" was published, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL.
Karina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it's a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.
An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Reisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.
Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay "I Can''t Hate My Body if I Love Hers" was published, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil''s on-ice show, AXEL.
Karina''s memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you''d expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn''t meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn''t just a story about her queerness. It''s also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It''s a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it''s a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.
Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay "I Can''t Hate My Body if I Love Hers" was published, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil''s on-ice show, AXEL.
Karina''s memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you''d expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn''t meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn''t just a story about her queerness. It''s also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It''s a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it''s a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.
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