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Breaking the Surface
Breaking the Surface
Author: Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus
This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly honest first-person account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. — Born to a young Samoan father and Northern European mother, and adopted at nine months, Greg began diving at ag...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781402206665
ISBN-10: 1402206666
Publication Date: 3/1/2006
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Greg Louganis won back-to-back double gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and his amazing physique and handsome face should have made him a media superstar. Yet Louganis's struggles with self-doubt lack of confidence held him back personally and professionally. He only achieved real happiness after coming out as an HIV-positive gay man. This is a thoughtful, sensitive portrait of a man whose insecurities nearly destroyed him, but who found the love and inner strength to save himself.
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Very candid and wonderful book. Greg Louganis seems to be an incredibly shy and introverted person, so this book was probably incredibly difficult for him to write. Loved every page.
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What a moving, emotional and empowering biography.


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