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On the right track : from Olympic downfall to finding forgiveness and the strength to overcome and succeed  Cover Image Book Book

On the right track : from Olympic downfall to finding forgiveness and the strength to overcome and succeed

Summary: Retells the famed runner's tarnished record after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, and describes how her resilience and faith helped her recover from her loss and her subsequent imprisonment.

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  • ISBN: 1451610823
  • ISBN: 9781451610826
  • Physical Description: ix, 213 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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  • Edition: 1st Howard Books hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Howard Books, 2010.

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General Note:
"Reading group guide online"--Jacket.
Formatted Contents Note: The way back -- A life of triumph and tragedy -- We become the decisions we make -- Blindsided -- Coming clean -- Carswell -- Faith and survival -- The prisons we make -- Lockdown: alone for forty-eight days -- Shackled: when you feel like a failure -- Teaching my children to do what's right -- Putting life back together -- Take a break -- The shock -- Blessed.
Subject: Jones, Marion -- 1975-
Women runners -- United States -- Biography
Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography
Women, Black -- Biography
Blacks -- Biography
Genre: Autobiography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.

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