NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former middle distance Olympic runner
and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle
with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in
competition, but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet
hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet
Mind. During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was
the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a
major sports apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she
was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her
perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar
disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years
after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition, as well
as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood
and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career.
After a misdiagnosis and a recommendation for medication that only
exacerbated her mania and made her hypersexual, Suzy embarked on a
new path, and assumed a new identity. Fueled by a newfound
confidence, a feeling of strength and independence and a desire she
couldn't tamp down, she became a high-priced escort in Las Vegas,
working as "Kelly." But Suzy could not keep her double life a
secret forever. When it was eventually exposed, it sent her into a
reckless suicidal period where the only option seemed out. Finally,
with the help of her devoted husband, Suzy finally got the proper
medical help she needed. In this startling frank memoir, she
recounts the journey to outrun her demons, revealing how a woman
used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms
with her unstable mind. It is the story of a how a supreme
competitor scored her most important victory of all-reclaiming her
life from the ravages of an untreated mental illness. Today, thanks
to diagnosis, therapy, Kelly has stepped into the shadows, but Suzy
is building a better life, one day at a time. Sharing her story,
Suzy is determined to raise awareness, provide understanding, and
offer inspiration to others coping with their own challenges.
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