GOOD FOR A GIRL - Lauren Fleshman

~ Standard Hardcover

~ New Release - 2023

Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

American runner, coach, and retired professional track and filed athlete, Lauren Fleshman presents Good for a Girl, her joyful story of falling in love with running as a girl, battling devastating injuries and self-doubt, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes . . .

Part memoir, part manifesto, written with heart and verve, Good for a Girl draws not only on Fleshman's own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes of any gender to give voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete, arguing that the time has come to rebuild the systems surrounding competitive sport.  

“A close-up look at the uncertain and often unhealthy climb toward stardom for women in organized sports.  The rawness of Good for a Girl serves as a push to demand that the next crop of female athletes has it better.” -- The Washington Post