{"title":"Casey Legler","description":"\u003cp\u003eCasey Legler is a remarkable author whose work delves deeply into the intricacies of identity and personal journey. Known for their compelling and candid storytelling, Legler brings a unique perspective to the \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e genre. Their debut book, \u003cem\u003eGodspeed\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a raw and intimate exploration of a life shaped by extraordinary experiences. As both a former Olympic swimmer and renowned artist, Casey Legler captures the essence of resilience and self-discovery in the pages of their writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGodspeed\u003c\/em\u003e is more than just a memoir; it is a reflection on the physical and emotional demands of high-level sports, as well as the search for self amidst societal expectations. Legler's narrative is both personal and universally relatable, drawing readers into a profound conversation about identity, courage, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those interested in the journey of understanding oneself, Legler's work provides an insightful and engaging read. Discover Casey Legler's poignant storytelling and immerse yourself in a narrative that challenges and inspires.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"godspeed-by-casey-legler-9781925713992","title":"Godspeed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI swim for every chance to get wasted - after every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. This is what I look forward to and what I tell no one - the burn of it down my throat, to my soul curled up in my lungs, the sharpest pain all over it - it seizes and stretches, becoming alive again, and is the only thing that makes sense.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt fifteen, Casey Legler is already one of the fastest swimmers in the world. She is also an alcoholic, isolated from her family, and incapable of forming lasting connections with those around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDriven to compete at the highest levels, sent far away from home to train with the best coaches and teams, she finds herself increasingly alone and alienated, living a life of cheap hotels and chlorine-worn skin, anonymous sexual encounters and escalating drug use. Even at what should be a moment of triumph - competing at age sixteen in the 1996 Olympics - she is an outsider looking in, procuring drugs for Olympians she hardly knows, and losing her race after setting a new world record in the qualifying heats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter submitting to years of numbing training in France and the United States, Casey can see no way out of the sinister loneliness that has swelled and festered inside her. Yet wondrously, when it is almost too late, she discovers a small light within herself, and senses a point of calm within the whirlwind of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn searing, evocative, visceral prose, Casey gives language to loneliness in this startling story of survival, defiance, and of the embers that still burn when everything else in us goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Godspeed is an experience as invigorating, beautiful and punishing as standing under a waterfall. Legler is an unflinching chronicler of light and darkness, loneliness and embodiment, and the deep enchantments of sensation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Helen Macdonald, author of \u003cem\u003eH Is For Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGodspeed is a memoir for our times - an urgent, hypnotising account of growing up and growing into one's skin under extreme circumstances. As brutal and original a telling as I can remember - of loneliness, of coping until the centre cannot hold. There is darkness here but in Casey Legler's deft hands it serves the light. A cut-to-the-bone blues song in chapter form, these pages are touched, as she is, with lightning.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Michael Stipe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaw and poetic ... The book is lean and ferocious - not unlike Ms. Legler's attributes as a competitive swimmer - and offers an unflinching account of the \"dogged devotion to routine and repetition\" required of Olympians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Alex Hawgood, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46372032446700,"sku":"9781925713992","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17465253482873.jpg?v=1744814139"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/casey-legler.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}