A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History

9781335005533. New condition. Hard cover. Original ed. Language: English. Pages: 384. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. "Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador, or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before ... In [this book], Seth Berkman goes behind the scenes to tell the story of these young women as they became a team amid immense political pressure and personal turmoil, and ultimately gained worldwide acceptance on a journey that encapsulates the truest meanings of sport and family"--Publisher marketing.