Shannon Miller has truly lived the American Dream-its drama and
disappointment, its hope and joy. Written by her mother, this
profusely illustrated story of Shannon's journey to Olympic fame is
also the portrait of a family working together to help a child
achieve a difficult, challenging goal.
The ultimate thrill for an athlete is to stand on a podium and,
with the world as witness, to accept an Olympic medal. In Shannon
Miller: My Child, My Hero, Claudia Miller helps us understand the
dedication and hard work preceding that moment of Olympic glory.
Claudia presents intimate details of Shannon's life, her triumphs
and her crushing defeats. She also shares the ways she and her
husband, Ron, handled both the tears and the happiness, as well as
how they dealt with Shannon's siblings, Tessa and Troy, and her
teachers and coaches.
We journey with the Miller family through Shannon's training and
achievements, struggles and injuries, to her dramatic comeback. In
the 1992 Olympics, she won five medals. An in 1996, despite media
declarations that she was no longer competitive, Shannon performed
brilliantly-leading the women's gymnastics team to first place and
winning a gold medal for her performance on the balance beam.
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