Finding the Edge, Karen Chen
Finding the Edge, Karen Chen
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Finding the Edge
My Life on the Ice

Author: Karen Chen

Narrator: Rachel L. Jacobs

Unabridged: 3 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2018

Synopsis

At seventeen, Karen Chen has already achieved what some girls can only dream ofand it's only the beginning for her. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she began figure skating at five. Ten years and many grueling training sessions later, she won a bronze medal at the 2015 US Championships after sustaining a nearly career-ending ankle fracture a year earlier. In 2017, she became the US National Champion, winning gold twice and receiving the highest score ever recorded for the short program at the US National level. Now for the first time, Karen shares the story of how she got where she is today-and where she's going next. She's already overcome astounding obstacles, and her grit, determination, and positive attitude have made her future truly limitless. In Finding the Edge, she shares, in her own words, what it takes to achieve the impossible. Including behind-the-scenes details from Karen's journey on and off the ice, Finding the Edge also features a foreword from Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi.

About Karen Chen

Karen Chen is an American figure skater. She was the 2017 US national champion, placing fourth at the 2017 World Championships. She also holds a bronze medal from the 2015 US National Championships and two bronze medals from the ISU Challenger Series. Born in Fremont, California, she has been skating since 2005. Finding the Edge is her first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by alexa ♡ on February 29, 2024

Super short. Only about 160 pages if you're not counting the epilogue/glossary. I'd be interested to know how much of this was actually written by Karen lol, but nonetheless, Interesting story! Very easy to ready, I think I read this in about an hour and a half (my new record haha). I liked hearing......more

Goodreads review by gabb on August 01, 2018

not to be dramatic but like i would literally go to the end of the earth to ensure that karen chen is happy and well and gets to the beijing 2022 olympics and podiums with golden pond as her sp let’s be real this book gonna get high ratings from me because i am invested in my daughter’s career +5 GOE......more

Goodreads review by cossette on March 02, 2018

As someone who just recently got into figure skating, I'm really glad that I picked up Finding the Edge. It was a very quick read, and a book that I didn't want to put down - whether that's because it was that incredible, or because it was a means of procrastination, who knows. I'm absolutely inspir......more

Goodreads review by Bri on February 06, 2022

As a primer on the basics of women’s figure skating, which is what I was hoping for when picking up this book, Finding the Edge delivers. As a memoir, it’s pretty surface level and unrefined. Some slack is due here given the age at which she wrote this book (being an Olympian and a published author a......more

Goodreads review by Blythe on December 22, 2024

This was a great biography! Since it was published in 2017, I was able to research her more recent accomplishments like getting a medal in the 2022 Olympics. I believe she is engaged now too! Really cool story of how she became who she is today.......more

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