Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
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Lauren Fleshman. (2023). Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Lauren Fleshman. 2023. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. Books on Tape.

Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. Books on Tape, 2023.

Lauren Fleshman. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2023.

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* A New York Times Bestseller
* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award
* A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes
“Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a very long time, and with Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl we finally have one.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and David and Goliath
One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. But every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems—originally designed for men and boys—fail women and girls. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female collegiate athletes routinely fall victim to injury, eating disorders, or mental health struggles as they try to force their way past a natural dip in performance for women of their age.
Written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl is Fleshman’s story of falling in love with running, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to injuries, and fighting for a better way for female athletes. Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes of any gender, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild competitive sports with women at their center.

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     January 2, 2023
     Retired distance runner Fleshman walks readers through the barriers she overcame on her path to becoming a track and field champion in this motivational offering. Recounting that her father “wanted sons, but he got two daughters and refused to adjust his parenting plan,” she describes constantly seeking his approval and finally winning it with her senior year California Cross-Country State championship. She faces down the sport’s conventions, such as perpetuating eating disorders in the name of ideal race weights, and criticizes the professional contracts that leave no space for pregnancy for female athletes: “The message was clear: win or perish, and be a good girl.” Though injuries prevented Fleshman from qualifying for the Olympics, she won two 5,000-meter national championships before retiring in 2016 to focus on her family and her role as a coach, as well as her work with the feminist athletic wear company Oiselle. The author’s raw honesty when it comes to often taboo topics for professional female athletes (including menstruation and mental health struggles) is refreshing, as is her willingness to confront the ways professional racing “folds and smashes women and girls into a male-based infrastructure.” Fleshman’s determination stokes the competitive spirit in this rousing call to action. Agent: Daniel Greenberg, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary.

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* A New York Times Bestseller
* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award
* A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes
“Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a very long time, and with Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl we finally have one.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and David and Goliath
One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. But every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems—originally designed for men and boys—fail women and girls. Girls drop out of sports at alarming rates once they hit puberty, and female...

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