Treading Water. My Life In And Out Of The Pool

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Ebury Press
Publisher Place: North Sydney
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 351 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Reveals The Lows And Soaring Highs Of A Much-loved Australian Sports Star.

Publishers Description: In the water, Tracey Wickham was a marvel. Out of it, she was a mess. As a teenager in the 1970s, she was the brightest star of Australian swimming, held the 400, 800 and 1500-metre freestyle world records concurrently and mixed with celebrities. But, after withdrawing from the Moscow Olympics and staging a triumphant comeback for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games, Tracey retired at the age of nineteen.From that time on Lady Luck didnt smile on Tracey. Her marriage ended in divorce and her new partner bashed her so savagely she was hospitalised. In line at Centrelink, Tracey thought shed hit rock bottom. Worse was to come. Her beautiful daughter Hannah was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed away, aged nineteen, three hours after a deathbed marriage.Traceys life spiraled out of control. Broke and alone, she struggled with depression and prescription drug addiction. But our world champion would never give up without a fight and, with humour and determination this little Aussie battler is winning the toughest race of all: life.

ISBN: 9781741669510