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| Title Statement | Rock star: my life on and off the ice / Jennifer Jones with Bob Weeks. |
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| Author | Jones, Jennifer, 1974- |
| Additional Contributors | Weeks, Bob |
| Publication | Toronto, ON: Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | vii, 275 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781443474559 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07975601 |
| Contents | A farewell to remember --My rocking roots --A balancing act --A big part of a small team --Why not me? --The shot heard round the world --The world catches up --Anything but perfect --Up close and too personal --Downhill and uphill --Mother and baby --Going for gold --Team Jones Way --The dream team --Skyla's turn --The long and winding road to Beijing --The Beijing bubble --Dream big --A clear mind, an unburdened heart. |
| Summary | "From the first slides as a toddler at her hometown Winnipeg curling club to the top step of the Olympic podium, Jennifer Jones has risen to become one of curling's greatest players. Along the way, she has altered how the game is played and has kicked open doors to allow women to have equality in what was, traditionally, a male-dominated field. Her record of achievement is unmatched, but it never came easily. In Rock Star, Jones opens up about the tensions between teammates and opponents, how she combined law school and a legal career with curling at the highest level, the inside story on what many consider the greatest shot in curling history, how her Olympic dream almost ended on a ski hill in Switzerland, and the challenges of balancing world-class curling with motherhood. Jones also reveals the personal battles she endured during her career. While she was front and centre in arenas and television coverage, she had to push herself past her severe introversion to find some level of comfort with being in the spotlight. There were also clashes with the media, which sometimes portrayed her so harshly that it left her in tears. From first slide to last rock, the journey she shares in this memoir is one that may surprise even her biggest fans. Jones helped to grow the sport, and in exchange, she grew as a curler, a wife, a mother, and a public figure. Equal parts inspiring and shocking, Rock Star will leave readers in awe of her accomplishments and the journey that led her to become the person she is today"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Curlers (Athletes)--Biography--Canada |
| Curling | |
| Women curlers--Biography--Canada | |
| By Name | Jones, Jennifer,1974- |
| By Genre | Biographies |
| Autobiographies | |
| Personal narratives | |
