Breaking the Surface - Hardcover

Louganis, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517179784 ISBN 13: 9780517179789

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

The champion diver presents a candid account of his life and sports career, detailing his troubled youth, the highs and lows of athletic competition, the need to conceal his homosexuality, life in a post-Olympics era, and his day-to-day battle with AIDS. Reprint. NYT.

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Review:

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.

About the Author:

Greg Louganis is a four-time Olympic gold-medal diving champion. He lives in Malibu, California, where he raises and trains Harlequin Great Danes.

Eric Marcus is the author of several books, including Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945 to 1990; Is it a Choice? and Why Suicide? He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0517179784
• ISBN 13: 9780517179789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290