Solo A memoir of Hope

Hope Solo, 1981-

Book - 2012

A candid and moving memoir about family, loss, and reconciliation from the supremely talented and headline-making goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team.

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Published
New York : HarperCollins c2012.
Language
English
Main Author
Hope Solo, 1981- (-)
Other Authors
Ann Killion (-)
Physical Description
1 v. : col. ill. ; 23 cm
ISBN
9780062136749
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. Life Behind the Smiley Face
  • Chapter 2. God's Second Paradise
  • Chapter 3. A Double Identity
  • Chapter 4. Somewhere-Anywhere-Far Away
  • Chapter 5. Bare-Branched, but Ready to Bloom
  • Chapter 6. The '99ers
  • Chapter 7. "I Should Have Died a Long Time Ago ..."
  • Chapter 8. An Arm Like Frankenstein
  • Chapter 9. Made in the WUSA
  • Chapter 10. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
  • Chapter 11. "Only a Daughter Cries Like That"
  • Chapter 12. Shadows
  • Chapter 13. "You Can't Go by a Gut Feeling"
  • Chapter 14. Stepping into Liquid
  • Chapter 15. "Don't Let the Devil Steal Your Joy"
  • Chapter 16. The New #1
  • Chapter 17. Pretty Damn Sweet
  • Chapter 18. Unprofessional Professionals
  • Chapter 19. Seattle's Finest
  • Chapter 20. It Just Takes One
  • Chapter 21. The Silver Lining
  • Chapter 22. Bare-Ass Naked on a Lawn
  • Acknowledgments
Review by Kirkus Book Review

The unflinching account of U.S. women's soccer team member Solo's life on and off the field. Born in Richland, Wash., a plutonium-producing town "created in the dark shadows of the American dream," Solo came from a family that "[didn't] do happy endings." Her father was a philandering con man who married her mother while still serving a prison sentence for embezzlement. When Solo was 7, he kidnapped her and her brother Marcus from their mother; after he was arrested, she did not see him again for many years. But the damage had already been done. Her home life was fraught with tension that manifested as fights between Solo and her brother and alcoholism in her mother. She found refuge in sports and excelled as a soccer player. By the time she was a high school junior, she had caught the eye of college coaches across the country. Solo chose the University of Washington, where she lived a double life as a respected college athlete and a national soccer team member while gradually rebuilding a relationship with her now-homeless father. Dreaming of World Cup glory, Solo then played for professional teams in the U.S., Sweden and France while continuing to train with the American national team. Never one to hold back, she speaks with great honesty about the difficulty of living in the shadow of the 1999 World Cup championship team. She also reflects thoughtfully on her infamous benching at the 2007 World Cup competition and how the misunderstanding it caused nearly ruined her reputation and professional standing. Through heartache, setbacks and career-threatening injuries, Solo demonstrates not only a fierce determination to overcome, but also the grace of a true champion. A readable, inspiring memoir about staying true to dreams and principles in a world that too often forces personal compromise.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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