My Sergei
A Love Story
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4.7 • 21 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
The Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei's life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the former Soviet Union, the sports establishment, charged with producing winners for the greater glory of the empire, had almost unlimited power over the athletically gifted. Children as young as five or six were identified, sent to special schools and given rigorous training in the sports in which they were expected to excel. Two such youngsters were Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, paired as skaters by their teachers when they were 11 and 14, respectively. Throughout their training and into the start of their competitive careers, each thought of the other only as an athletic partner, partly because the four-year difference in their ages meant they had few friends in common. But as time passed and their joint career led to international championships, they fell in love and married. Their success culminated in Olympic gold medals in 1990 and 1994. And then, suddenly, Grinkov died of a heart attack in 1995 at age 28. The story of their love and their happiness together is deeply moving, and the final chapters are heartrending, while the many photos heighten the tale. First serial to People and Redbook; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates; author tour.
Customer Reviews
A very touching read.
This is a very well written book that just touches one’s heart. I am happy that I read this book, which is the most precious love story. Truly a wonderful book to read. My highest recommendation!!!
Page turner
I read when first came out and read many times afterward. The best love story of time 💞 Hoping the best for her
My Sergei
Thank you so much for writing this book Katia!! It was beautiful, heartbreaking for the love lost, yet uplifting for the independent woman you have become. Sergei will live on in your precious memories, and in your beautiful daughter, Daria. Keep skating....it is a part of you.