{"product_id":"books-on-top-of-glass-by-karina-manta","title":"On Top of Glass","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eFierce \u003c\/i\u003eby Aly Raisman and \u003ci\u003eForward \u003c\/i\u003eby Abby Wambach.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers was published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it's a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669650792721,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593308462.jpg?v=1781509821","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-on-top-of-glass-by-karina-manta","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}