ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY POPSUGAR,
FROLIC, PARADE, TRAVEL & LEISURE, SHE KNOWS, and SHE READS!
NAMED A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF 2020 (SO FAR). "Fast Girls is a
compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian
in pre-war America...Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these
inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly
deserve."-Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The
Last Romantics and The House Girl Acclaimed author Elise Hooper
explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes,
members of the first integrated women's Olympic team, and their
journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Perfect
for readers who love untold stories of amazing women, such as The
Only Woman in the Room, Hidden Figures, and The Lost Girls of
Paris. In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago's Betty Robinson competes as a
member of the first-ever women's delegation in track and field.
Destined for further glory, she returns home feted as America's
Golden Girl until a nearly-fatal airplane crash threatens to end
everything. Outside of Boston, Louise Stokes, one of the few black
girls in her town, sees competing as an opportunity to overcome the
limitations placed on her. Eager to prove that she has what it
takes to be a champion, she risks everything to join the Olympic
team. From Missouri, Helen Stephens, awkward, tomboyish, and poor,
is considered an outcast by her schoolmates, but she dreams of
escaping the hardships of her farm life through athletic success.
Her aspirations appear impossible until a chance encounter changes
her life. These three athletes will join with others to defy
society's expectations of what women can achieve. As tensions bring
the United States and Europe closer and closer to the brink of war,
Betty, Louise, and Helen must fight for the chance to compete as
the fastest women in the world amidst the pomp and pageantry of the
Nazi-sponsored 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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