Layer Upon Layer - Deedee Horton

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Résumé :
Seventeen-year-old Samantha Shuster dreams of playing Division I basketball and has the talent, drive, and passion to succeed-but she's coming face-to-face with the harsh reality of gender bias on and off the court. Overcoming discouragement from her critics, including her coach and her own father, Sam's determination and love for the game propel her forward. Twenty years later, Sam is coaching at the collegiate level. While mentoring a player going through a personal crisis, Sam realizes that she has been nurturing young women along their paths to self-acceptance while neglecting her own. As she begins to uncover complex layers of expectations, societal biases, and self-doubt that have shaped her life and the lives of other women, she embarks on a powerful journey of self-acceptance and discovery....

Sommaire:
DeeDee (Bailey) Horton had a passion for writing since youth. She grew up a gifted athlete who alternated between collegiate volleyball and basketball-as does her protagonist in Layer Upon Layer. After teaching middle school, where she especially enjoyed teaching writing, DeeDee returned to her love of sports as a college basketball coach for more than a decade. After retirement, she wrote Layer Upon Layer, pulling from her athletic experience to shed light on the importance of mentors and positive female narratives that bring constructive change to women.While beginning final edits, DeeDee was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. She entrusted her husband, David, with the completion of Layer Upon Layer while prioritizing the writing of two Love Books to carry him through the grief ahead....