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The hard parts : a memoir of courage and triumph / Oksana Masters ; with Cassidy Randall.
The United States' most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-countryskiing, and road cycling competitions.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982185503 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2023.
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| Subject: | Masters, Oksana. Paralympic Games. Athletes with disabilities > United States > Biography. Intercountry adoption > Ukraine > Biography. Intercountry adoption > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 796.0456092 Maste | 31681010310290 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Oksana Masters was born in Ukraine in 1989 and faced numerous physical challenges due to in utero radiation poisoning from Chernobyl. After living in three orphanages, she was adopted by an American mother at the age of seven. She is Americaâs most decorated Winter Paralympianâa winner of seventeen medals in four sports. In 2020, she won the Laureus World Sports Award in the category of âSportsperson of the Year with a Disability.â Her story has appeared in numerous media outletsâfrom Sports Illustrated to The New York Times to the Playersâ Tribuneâand she has participated in high fashion shoots for cosmetic and clothing lines created by such stars as Rihanna and Kim Kardashian.
