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Talking Figure Skating: Behind the Scenes in the World's Most Glamorous Sport
An award-winning sports journalist turns her attention to the fascinating world behind the scenes of professional figure skating--offering interviews, revealing discussions, and a new chapter on the Nagano Olympics.
- GenresFigure Skating
344 pages, Paperback
First published October 25, 1997
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June 30, 2010
Not a series of fairly short attributed quotes, like Steve Milton's "Skate Talk" of the same year, but a cohesive analysis. Easiest summary is to give the chapter titles: "And God Created Parents"; "A Master at Work: Bootmaker for the Stars"; "Coaches: the Guiding Force"; "Powdered Sugar: Makeup on Ice"; "Judges: In the Hot Seats"; "Music: The Speech of Angels"; "The Magic Floor: The Choreographer's Workplace"; "A Whole New World: Backstage with Disney on Ice"; "The Inner Life: A Psychologist's View"; "Of Bunions and Sore Knees"; "Fanfare" [skating fans:]; "Gary Beacom: Read at Your Own Risk".
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