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    Body Lengths
    Body Lengths
    Body Lengths
    Audiobook8 hours

    Body Lengths

    Written by Felicity McLean and Leisel Jones

    Narrated by Liesel Jones

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    Leisel Jones is regarded as one of the greatest breaststrokers ever. At just fifteen, she won two silver medals at the Sydney Olympics, and went on to win gold at Athens and Beijing. For the first time, Leisel candidly describes being thrust into the limelight so young and reveals the constant pressure she was under. Despite the highs of stardom, she suffered severe depression. Body Lengths is the inspiring story of an Australian sportsperson told with humour, optimism and style.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateSep 1, 2016
    ISBN9781510040502
    Author

    Felicity McLean

    Felicity McLean's debut novel, The Van Apfel Girls are Gone, has been published in more than half a dozen countries. It was a Barnes & Noble 'Discover Great New Writers' pick in the US, and was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, and longlisted for the UK's Dagger Awards, and the Davitt. Her book, Body Lengths, co-written with Olympian Leisel Jones, was Apple Books 'Best Biography of 2015' and won the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards 'Reader's Choice' for Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year.

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