A Team of Their Own (eBook, ePUB)
How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History
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A December Stephen Curry Book Club PickOne of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019A feel-good story.New York Times Book ReviewThis isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players.Korea TimesThe inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's first Olympic ice hockey team.Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general ...
A December Stephen Curry Book Club Pick
One of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019
A feel-good story.New York Times Book Review
This isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players.Korea Times
The inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's first Olympic ice hockey team.
Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before.
The team was built for this moment. They had been brought together from across the globe and from a wide variety of backgroundsconcert pianist, actress, high school student, convenience store workerto make history. Now the special kinship they had developed would guide them through the biggest challenge of their careers. Suddenly thrust into an international spotlight, they showed the powerful meaning of what a unified Korea could resemble.
In A Team of Their Own, Seth Berkman goes behind the scenes to tell the story of these young women as they became a team amid immense political pressure and personal turmoil, and ultimately gained worldwide acceptance on a journey that encapsulates the truest meanings of sport and family.
One of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019
A feel-good story.New York Times Book Review
This isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players.Korea Times
The inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's first Olympic ice hockey team.
Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before.
The team was built for this moment. They had been brought together from across the globe and from a wide variety of backgroundsconcert pianist, actress, high school student, convenience store workerto make history. Now the special kinship they had developed would guide them through the biggest challenge of their careers. Suddenly thrust into an international spotlight, they showed the powerful meaning of what a unified Korea could resemble.
In A Team of Their Own, Seth Berkman goes behind the scenes to tell the story of these young women as they became a team amid immense political pressure and personal turmoil, and ultimately gained worldwide acceptance on a journey that encapsulates the truest meanings of sport and family.
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