Her pixyish appearance and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of media darling. A memoir audible audiobook unabridged dominique moceanu author, narrator. Dominique moceanu was the youngest american woman to win olympic gold in gymnastics as a member of the 1996 gold medal winning u. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Buy off balance reprint by moceanu, dominique isbn. Off balance vividly delineates each of the dominating characters who contributed to moceanu s rise to the top, from her stubborn father and longsuffering mother to her mercurial coach, bela karolyi. It goes back and forth between the story of moceanu discovering the existence of, and later, meeting, the sister her parents gave up for adoption because she was born without legs, and the inside story of dominique s gymnastic career. Off balance book by dominique moceanu, teri williams official.
Retired gymnast dominique moceanu throws readers off balance. In 2012, dominique released her candid, new york times bestselling memoir off balance. Off balance by dominique moceanu, 9781451608663, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read off balance. Twenty years later, the grown sister, jennifer bricker, sent a letter. Dominique moceanu promotes her new book off balance at bookends bookstore on june 12, 2012 in ridgewood, new jersey. She refused to compromise with the book and poured her heart out onto paper, sharing publicly for the first time the challenges she had faced throughout her life, including her struggles with family and the abuses she had experienced at the karolyi ranch. Dominique moceanu promotes her new book off balance at. Olympic stars testify about sex abuse at usa gymnastics program. Dominque moceanu shares her olympic memories youtube. I got caught up in this book, and tried to imagine not really ever having a childhood. Dominique moceanu was the youngest american woman to win.
The book details the thrill of competition but also a dark side of elite. In this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold m. She was only 14 years old, tiny 4 feet 4 inches tall. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a. Olympian dominique moceanu models a fresh start for american gymnasts. I bought this book when i learned that the parents of gymnast and olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu had a daughter born without legs who was given up for adoption at birth. Olympic gymnastics champion dominique moceanu discovers secret sister jennifer bricker her parents gave away at 14, dominique moceanu was the youngest of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Dominique moceanu s family at play moceanu, her husband and two children play at a gymnastics gym. Follow the four girls as they navigate the world of competitive gymnastics, try to balance their passion with normal lives, and learn to believe in the power of friendship. Her life on and off the gym floor has been difficult. Off balance by dominique moceanu in this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reveals the dark. The book switches between her talking about her life growing up, her family, gymnastics and her adult life where she discovers she has a long lost sister.
Off balance reports that dimitry moceanu immediately put the infant up for adoption, before camelia could see her. Dominique moceanus shocking discovery june 8, 2012 excerpted here is the first chapter of off balance, by dominique moceanu when you have traveled the world, won olympic gold, and gone through a very public court battle against your parents all by the age of seventeen, surprises dont come easy. The olympian now 30, married, and a mother of two also covers her. Now 30, moceanu digs deep into her past and confronts some of the most painful memories from her stressful childhood, including dealing with a relentless father and the allegedly abusive coach bela karolyi. Gymnast dominique moceanus off balance her painful. Her memoir is called off balance and dominique moceanu is with us.
Off balance sheds light on world of elite gymnastics. A memoir by dominique moceanu with paul williams and teri williams release date. Womens olympic gymnastics team, the first and only american womens team to take gold at the olympics. Off balance dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 u. Ph36b dominique moceanu on gymnastics, healing, and health. In her memoir off balance, moceanu revealed that she has a younger sister, jennifer bricker, who was born without legs and was given up for adoption at the hospital at birth. June 8, 2012 excerpted here is the first chapter of off balance, by dominique moceanu. Dominique moceanu won an olympic gold medal along with her magnificent 7 teammates at the 1996 atlanta olympics. Off balance vividly delineates each of the dominating characters who contributed to moceanus rise to the top, from her stubborn father and longsuffering mother to. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta.
Off balance by dominique moceanu overdrive rakuten. Olympics, in the middle of college final exams, and nine months pregnant with her first child, dominique moceanu got a letter out of the blue that turned everything she thought she knew about her family upside down. Olympic gymnast dominique moceanu details her physical and mental abuse during years of training with coach bela karolyi. A mysterious letter from a stranger reveals that she has a second sisterborn with a physical disability and given away at birthwho has nonetheless followed in moceanu s footsteps in an astonishing way. She had complicated relationships with her family and with bela and marta karolyi, her official coaches during her champion years. But in her new book, off balance, she criticizes what she calls the win at all. A 1997 postolympic interview with dominique about building her gym, training for further competition, how she felt about falling on the vault and beam event finals, and her religion. Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired american gymnast. In may 2009, moceanu graduated from john carroll university with a business management degree.
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