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Amazing. A book by a sports person where ego does not rule. Great. Also nice to have something that does not appear to have been written to a common formulae
Shane Gould, who at 15 held every womens' freestyle record and went on to win five medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, was an inspiration to young Australians. I found a copy of her autobiography and read the relevant bits. Pure Gold - or Gould - for my research, but what a story.
You'd think that global fame and national adulation would set a teenager up for life. Shane Gould certainly wasn't stupid or awkward with the media and VIPs, but after the Olympics she gave up her career and basically r ...more
You'd think that global fame and national adulation would set a teenager up for life. Shane Gould certainly wasn't stupid or awkward with the media and VIPs, but after the Olympics she gave up her career and basically r ...more
Shane Gould was one of my childhood idols, so I was looking forward to finding out a bit more about her. I always found it interesting that she turned her back on fame at such a young age and seemed to completely drop out of circulation until she started making appearances round about the time of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. This book sheds light on those missing years when she and her husband and four children lived a very simple lifestyle in a Western Australian community. They were not easy y
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