My Sergei

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The Olympic gold medalist offers an account of her life with her skating partner and husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive skating championships, to their marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei s life. New Read My Sergei by Ekaterina Gordeeva For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I read this book in high school, and last night I was having one of those your mind is going crazy as you re falling asleep moments that popped this book in my head I have to be honest and say I can t remember many details setting, certain events, etc , but I do remember that it was incredibly touching and heartbreaking You have to understand until I had my son, I never read romance I was actually one of the mockers dodges flying insults I read horror King, Koontz, Saul, etc In fact I read this book in high school, and last night I was h...The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway seemed to host the pinnacle of ice skating talent, or so it seemed when I watched the proceedings on my television You had Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Elvis Stojko, Surya Bonaly, and Brian Boitano among the singles, and in ice dancing you had Tovill and Dean And then in figure skating pairs you had Grinkov and Gordeeva A pair of skaters that was not only young, handsome, in love, and married with a little daughter, but so talented they blasted The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway seemed to host the pinnacle of ice skating talent,...A very beautiful and moving book I loved watching these two skate together I just remember always thinking they were magical I remember being very sad when I learned of his death and the shock of him being so young It is still hard to believe that wi...One of the most widely distributed and read skaters biographies, this is, for a retiring young woman, remarkably frank Nonetheless, perhaps one of the most interesting aspects is her discussion of her odd and it seems rather troubled friendship with choreographer Marina Zoueva One gets the sense that here, at least, the whole story has not been told Interesting, too, to se...I was staying with my mother for a week after her hip surgery, and I was very bored at times I found this book on her shelf and decided to give it a try It ended up being so good that I couldn t put it down ...I read this book years ago when it was first released After the tragic death of Sergei I remember how emotionally moved I was by their love story, I cried forever over this They were one of my most favorite couples professional ice skating team.A touching reflection on a life of skating and love, but dated now that Katia has remarried and had another child Still, the insight into the USSR and their sports machine contrasted with the Wild West atmosphere of the new Russia were very interesting For the skating lovers, the most fascinating parts were in the relationship with their choreographer, Marina Zueva, who is now coaching the top ice dance teams in the world in Canton, Michigan Virtue Moir and Davis White I always loved how e A touching reflection on a life of skating and love, but dated now ...This book, MY SERGEI A LOVE STORY, by Ekaterina Gordeeva, was a heartwarming, but sad story of their lives together, first as ice skating partners then as a family A person would just feel so terrible about the tragic death of her young husband , but she seems to have found a way, through skating and the young daughter of theirs, to continue a life that is so changed in just one instant I know the feeling, it happened to me, although at a somewhat older age, but just as quickly and unexpectedl This book, MY SERGEI A LOVE STORY, by Ekaterina Gordeeva, was a heartwarming, but sad story of their lives together, first as ice skating partners then as a family A person would just feel so terrible about the tragic death of her young husband , but she seems to have found a way, through skating and the young daught...This review is somewhat skewered as I was a huge fan of Gordeeva and Grinkov and find their tragic story as moving now as it was when Sergei died I could criticize the writing style of the memoir, but what purpose would that serve After all, everyone knows Ekaterina is not an author, just a very young woman at the time this was published dealing with the loss of her husband, the father of her child, and her one and only skating partner, and attempting to put into words the brief life she sha ...Broke my heart Incredible love story and the story of two beautiful skaters.Felt so bad for Ekaterina and her baby girl Her tribute skate to Sergei wastender, beautiful and triumphant She would go on.

My Sergei
  • English
  • 13 June 2017
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0446605336
  • Ekaterina Gordeeva
  • My Sergei