Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

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Gracie Gold

Outofshapeworthlessloser

A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

Gracie Gold

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Random House Inc
04 March 2025

Biography: general

An Olympic medalist's ""riveting"" (People), New York Times bestselling tell-all memoir, offering an unprecedented look inside the pressure-packed world of figure skating and revealing her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and unforgiving perfectionism with exclusive new material for the paperback.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . A ""piercing account"" (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs-especially ifyou're an Olympic figure skater.

""A riveting memoir, which details her experience with an eating disorder, depression and her high-stakes career.""-People (Best Books to Read in February 2024)

When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to Teen Vogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift.

But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off, driven by the self-destructive voice inside that she calls ""outofshapeworthlessloser.""In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold's public star was rising, her private life was falling apart- Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years with demanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll.

Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating- the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health.

Outofshapeworthlessloser is not only a forceful reckoning from a world-class athlete but alsoan intimate memoir, told with unflinching honesty and stirring defiance.

By: Gracie Gold
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780593444061
ISBN 10: 059344406X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 04 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gracie Gold is a two-time U.S. figure-skating champion and an Olympic bronze medalist, and she holds the record for the highest short-program score ever recorded by an American woman. Her writing has been published in The Cut. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware, and trains in suburban Philadelphia.

Reviews for Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

“Stunningly candid . . . The depth and breadth of the problems Gold reveals in the memoir stunned me. And the way she has been putting her life back together continues to impress.”—Phil Hersh