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FOOTPRINTS ON THE WATER
By Larry Tracey
‘A triumphant story of a woman’s passion and pain’
Kelly Holmes
‘The search for sporting excellence has great pain and no shortcuts’
Steve Redgrave
Price: £11.99
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Hardback: 224 pages
ISBN: 9780955161018
Publisher: Corryann Ltd
Publication Date: 16/01/2007
Binding: Soft cover
Synopsis
This is the story of Katya Schmidt is set in the Deutsche Democratic Republic in the years before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Katya is unwittingly caught up in the Cold War played out on the running tracks of the Olympic Games and must struggle to compete on her own terms and forge her own destiny. “Footprints” is essentially a story of self discovery. Katya’s sport is like an extended metaphor of her life. She is always running, pushing herself for other people but finally she runs the race for herself and this is when you know she has chosen the right path in life.