
Forward
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor." ?NPR
"Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves." ?Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In
?This is the best memoir I've read by an athlete since Andre Agassi's Open.? ?Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. At age seven she was put on the boys' soccer team. At age thirty-five she would become the highest goal scorer?male or female?in the history of soccer, capturing the nation's heart with her team's 2015 World Cup Championship. Called an inspiration and ?badass? by President Obama, Abby has become a fierce advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world.
As she reveals in this searching memoir, Abby's professional success often masked her inner struggle to reconcile the various parts of herself: ferocious competitor, daughter, leader, wife. With stunning candor, Abby shares her inspiring and often brutal journey from girl in Rochester, New York, to world-class athlete. Far more than a sports memoir, Forward is gripping tale of resilience and redemption?and a reminder that heroism is, above all, about embracing life's challenges with fearlessness and heart.
But what happens when the cheering stops and the real work begins?
- Leadership and Advocacy: From fighting for equal pay on the world stage to becoming a fierce voice for women's rights, Wambach shares the lessons learned from a lifetime of competition.
- Addiction and Recovery: A courageous account of the private battle with alcohol and prescription pill abuse that hid behind the public victories.
- A Powerful Coming Out Story: The candid journey of self-acceptance, from being labeled a 'tomboy' in Rochester to becoming an inspiring icon in the LGBTQ+ community.
- Unflinching Honesty: More than a sports memoir, this is a raw look at the messy truth of a life in the spotlight, exploring marriage, divorce, and the search for identity after the game is over.
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Abby Wambach is an American soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA Women's World Cup Champion, and the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach has been a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team since 2003, earning her first cap in 2001. She is the highest all-time scorer for the national team and holds the world record for international goals for both female and male soccer players, with 184 goals.
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and, most recently, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, named one of the best books of 2014 by Library Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, Amazon, and Flavorwire, and optioned by Sony for a miniseries. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City, where she's at work on her next book.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- 1 Fraud
- 2 Tomboy
- 3 Rebel
- 4 Teammate
- 5 Lesbian
- 6 Rookie
- 7 Manic
- 8 Depressive
- 9 Captain
- 10 Leader
- 11 Apprentice
- 12 Head Case
- 13 G.O.A.T.
- 14 Romantic
- 15 Hero
- 16 Wife
- 17 Gambler
- 18 Champion
- 19 Advocate
- 20 Control Freak
- 21 Addict
- 22 Failure
- 23 Human
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Photo Section
- About the Author
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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