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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A phenomenal, human story. . . . I could not put this book down." CLARA HUGHES An instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004 Olympics, she carried more than a nation's hopesshe carried her mother Catherine's dreams. In 1974, Catherine is determined and tenacious, but she's also pregnant with her second child and just scraping by in St. Lucia. When she meets a wealthy white Canadian family vacationing on the island, she knows it's her chance. They ask her to come to Canada to be their nannyand she accepts. This was the beginning of Catherine's new a life of opportunity, but also suffering. Within a few years, she would find herself pregnant a third timethis time in her new country with no family to support her, and this time, with Perdita. Together, in the years to come, mother and daughter would experience racism, domestic abuse, and even homelessness, but Catherine's will would always pull them through. As Perdita grew and began to discover her preternatural athletic g

Author

Felicien, Perdita

Publisher

Doubleday Canada

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385689984

Rating

4.7 / 5 (155 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14