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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
June 7, 2012
Pages
324
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781451681826
ISBN-10
1451681828
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What would you sacrifice for the people you love?
KATE AND ZOE met at nineteen when they both made the cut for the national training program in track cyclingâa sport that demands intense focus, blinding exertion, and unwavering commitment. They are built to exploit the barest physical and psychological edge over equally skilled rivals, all of whom are fighting for the last one tenth of a second that separates triumph from despair.
Now at thirty-two, the women are facing their last and biggest race: the 2012 Olympics. Each wants desperately to win gold, and each has more than a medal to lose.
Kate is the more naturally gifted, but the demands of her life have a tendency to slow her down. Her eight-year-old daughter Sophie dreams of the Death Star and of battling alongside the Rebels as evil white blood cells ravage her personal galaxyâshe is fighting a recurrence of the leukemia that nearly killed her three years ago. Sophie doesnât want to stand in the way of her mumâs Olympic dreams, but each day the dark forces of the universe seem to be massing against her.
Devoted and self-sacrificing Kate knows her daughter is fragile, but at the height of her last frenzied months of training, might she be blind to the most terrible prognosis?
Intense, aloof Zoe has always hovered on the periphery of real human companionship, and her compulsive need to win at any cost has more than once threatened her friendship with Kateâand her own sanity. Will she allow her obsession, and the advantage she has over a harried, anguished mother, to sever the bond they have shared for more than a decade?
Echoing the adrenaline-fueled rush of a race around the Velodrome track, Gold is a triumph of superbly paced, heart-in-throat storytelling. With great humanity and glorious prose, Chris Cleave examines the values that lie at the heart of our most intimate relationships, and the choices we make when lives are at stake and everything is on the line.
KATE AND ZOE met at nineteen when they both made the cut for the national training program in track cyclingâa sport that demands intense focus, blinding exertion, and unwavering commitment. They are built to exploit the barest physical and psychological edge over equally skilled rivals, all of whom are fighting for the last one tenth of a second that separates triumph from despair.
Now at thirty-two, the women are facing their last and biggest race: the 2012 Olympics. Each wants desperately to win gold, and each has more than a medal to lose.
Kate is the more naturally gifted, but the demands of her life have a tendency to slow her down. Her eight-year-old daughter Sophie dreams of the Death Star and of battling alongside the Rebels as evil white blood cells ravage her personal galaxyâshe is fighting a recurrence of the leukemia that nearly killed her three years ago. Sophie doesnât want to stand in the way of her mumâs Olympic dreams, but each day the dark forces of the universe seem to be massing against her.
Devoted and self-sacrificing Kate knows her daughter is fragile, but at the height of her last frenzied months of training, might she be blind to the most terrible prognosis?
Intense, aloof Zoe has always hovered on the periphery of real human companionship, and her compulsive need to win at any cost has more than once threatened her friendship with Kateâand her own sanity. Will she allow her obsession, and the advantage she has over a harried, anguished mother, to sever the bond they have shared for more than a decade?
Echoing the adrenaline-fueled rush of a race around the Velodrome track, Gold is a triumph of superbly paced, heart-in-throat storytelling. With great humanity and glorious prose, Chris Cleave examines the values that lie at the heart of our most intimate relationships, and the choices we make when lives are at stake and everything is on the line.
Editions
Hardcover
Lrg rep edition from Thorndike Pr (July 5, 2012)
9781410449566 | details & prices | 535 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $34.99
About: Building on the tradition of "Little Bee," Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption.
About: Building on the tradition of "Little Bee," Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption.
from Simon & Schuster (July 3, 2012)
9781451672725 | details & prices | 324 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $27.00
About: Building on the tradition of Little Bee, Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption.
About: Building on the tradition of Little Bee, Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption.
from Gardners Books (June 7, 2012)
9781444756999 | details & prices | List price $27.75
Paperback
Large print edition from Large Print Pr (May 7, 2013)
9781594136399 | details & prices | 533 pages | 5.25 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $16.99
About: Sharing a close friendship and rivalry throughout their Elite training, world-class athletes Zoe and Kate find the limits of their physical and emotional realities tested on the eve of London 2012, where they consider difficult sacrifices and weigh their senses of mortality.
About: Sharing a close friendship and rivalry throughout their Elite training, world-class athletes Zoe and Kate find the limits of their physical and emotional realities tested on the eve of London 2012, where they consider difficult sacrifices and weigh their senses of mortality.
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (April 30, 2013)
9781451672732 | details & prices | 324 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.76 lbs | List price $16.00
The price comparison is for this edition
from Simon & Schuster (June 7, 2012)
9781451681826 | details & prices | 324 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $16.00
About: What would you sacrifice for the people you love?
About: What would you sacrifice for the people you love?
CD/Spoken Word
With Emilia Fox (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Simon & Schuster (July 3, 2012)
9781442348981 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $34.99
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