About the Author:
Jon Jackson is a former competitive figure skater and Olympic level judge, and the founder of the World Skating Federation. A retired lawyer, he lives in Las Vegas.
From Booklist:
Not only the potential winner of a longest-subtitle contest, this revealing memoir delivers a scathing indictment of the sport of figure skating. Jackson, a former competitive skater and Olympic judge, lays bare the sport's double-dealing and corruption while simultaneously telling the genuinely inspiring story of a young man who tried to make his way through this cutthroat world without losing his way. With coauthor Pereira, Jackson writes about encountering bribery, manipulation, cowardice, substance abuse, sexual predation, and other sordid goings-on. It's not a pretty picture, and there might be a tendency to think the author's got an axe (or skate blade) to grind, except for the fact that he so clearly loves the sport. At some points, he seems almost heartbroken over the way the sport has been defiled by the very people who should be preserving its integrity (somewhat surprisingly, he argues that Tonya Harding was mistreated). Although the prose is a bit overenthusiastic (Jackson does like his exclamation points), the book offers a much-needed look behind the scenes. David Pitt
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