Unbroken : my journey from despair to glory / Katarina Johnson-Thompson with Sarah Shephard.

Johnson-Thompson, Katarina, author
Shephard, Sarah, author

London : Macmillan, 2024.

385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has never had it easy. Born a child of two worlds - her mum's working-class Liverpool, and her dad's idyllic Bahamas - she was never supposed to be a world champion. Her early childhood wasn't easy. She was raised by a single mother, and at times it was a struggle for her to keep up with other athletes who had more funding around them. But she persevered. Now, in her intimate, heartfelt autobiography, she tells her story as she never has before. She opens up about the pressures of representing Britain at the London Olympics while just sixteen years of age, and about her complex relationship with mentor-turned-rival Jessica Ennis-Hill. We follow Johnson-Thompson through the series of devastating injuries that robbed her of multiple Olympic titles, and through her elation after winning her world championships in 2019 and 2023.

9781035055173 (hbk)

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