Forward: A Memoir
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""Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor."" тАФNPR
""Forward┬аis┬аthe powerful story┬аof an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves.""┬а┬атАФSheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In┬а
тАЬThis is the best memoir IтАЩve read by an athlete since Andre AgassiтАЩs Open.тАЭ┬а тАФAdam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. ┬аNamed by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nationтАЩs heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. ┬аAdmired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for womenтАЩs rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies.
In Forward, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. WambachтАЩs book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Written with honesty and heart, Forward is an inspiring blueprint for individual growth and a rousing call to action.
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Abby Wambach is an American soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA WomenтАЩs World Cup Champion, and the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach has been a regular on the U.S. womenтАЩs national soccer team since 2003, earning her first cap in 2001. She is the highest all-time scorer for the national team and holds the world record for international goals for both female and male soccer players, with 184 goals.Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and, most recently, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, named one of the best books of 2014 by Library Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, Amazon, and Flavorwire, and optioned by Sony for a miniseries. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City, where she's at work on her next book.
