A Team of Their Own, Seth Berkman
A Team of Their Own, Seth Berkman
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A Team of Their Own
How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History

Author: Seth Berkman

Narrator: Jackie Chung

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019


Synopsis

The inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea’s first Olympic ice hockey team.

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.

The team was built for this moment. They had been brought together from across the globe and from a wide variety of backgrounds—concert pianist, actress, high school student, convenience store worker—to make history. Now the special kinship they had developed would guide them through the biggest challenge of their careers. Suddenly thrust into an international spotlight, they showed the powerful meaning of what a unified Korea could resemble.

In A Team of Their Own, 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.

About Seth Berkman

Born in Seoul and raised in New Jersey, Seth Berkman made his first trip back to South Korea since his adoption during the 2018 Winter Olympics, when Korea's first women's Olympic hockey team made their historic debut. Berkman met the team while on assignment for theNew York Times, where he has been a regular contributor since 2012. A graduate of Columbia University Journalism School, he has also had work published by The New Yorker and dozens of other local and national outlets.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elena

Probably one of the most random books I have ever read…but way better than I anticipated. A Team of Their Own tells the story of the South Korean women’s ice hockey team and their journey to the 2018 Winter Olympics, a journey which takes place in a complex political and social climate. Like a feel-......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

This book is what the Olympics should be about. It is the coming together of North Korean, South Korean, and Korean-American women to create an Olympic hockey team. South Korea had neglected their women's hockey team - in the 2010s they were playing with equipment from the 1990s while the men's team......more

Goodreads review by Michael

I received an arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review Every once in awhile I like to change things up with a good non-fiction book, and when I got the chance to request A Team of Their Own, it sounded like the perfect story to shake up the fiction and light novel binge I had been on. Hones......more