![]() ![]() It is the hyperfocus on this goal that takes away from some of the storytelling in the book. In many ways, Megan Rapinoe seems like the perfect athlete-memoirist for the moment. Or, as Tom Hanks said at a gala honoring Rapinoe, 'a fine daughter of our great country.' Read Full Review > ![]() makes it clear that Rapinoe’s greatest accomplishments may ultimately come away from the soccer pitch. Rapinoe came of age before the rise of the youth sports-industrial complex and laments the negative messaging sent to kids who are fast-tracked for glory or dismissed as has-beens by age 12. ![]() The book is also a reminder to aspiring athletes about a world and responsibilities beyond the games they play. It’s a big f- you (she does like her f-bombs) to the 'Shut up and dribble' crowd that tried to silence the activism of Rapinoe and the likes of LeBron James. But if neither a great nor conventional sports biography, One Life may be an impactful one. Powered by her just do it ferocity, Rapinoe isn’t an especially introspective narrator and flits from incident to incident without always revealing much about her feelings along the way. Beyond a fair amount of well-intentioned sloganeering, Rapinoe illuminates her upbringing in Redding as the daughter of loving and conservative parents. If not exactly a Rules For Radicals, the book (co-written with British author Emma Brockes) is as much about activism as sport. One Life makes clear that Rapinoe’s battles go far beyond the struggle for pay equity and soccer glory. ![]()
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