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Bone Cage (Paperback)
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Bone Cage (Paperback)
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List price R543
Loot Price R361
Discovery Miles 3 610
You Save R182 (34%)
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Digger, an 85 kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed
swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athlete' s dream--
winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Both athletes are nearing the
end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the
question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old
and injured to compete? The blossoming relationship between Digger
and Sadie is tested in the all-important months leading up to the
Olympics, as intense training schedules, divided loyalties, and
unpredicted obstacles take their draining toll. The Olympics, as
both of them are painfully aware, will be the realization or the
end of a life' s dream. The Bone Cage captures the physicality,
sensuality, and euphoric highs of amateur sport, and the darker,
cruel side of sport programs that wear athletes down and spit them
out at the end of their bloom. With realism and humour, author
Angie Abdou captures athletes on the brink of that transition-- the
lead-up to that looming redefinition of self-- and explores how
people deal with the loss of their dream.
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