Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics
&#8220;A cautionary tale to not just athletes, parents, coaches, and judges but to fans of gymnastics&#8230; intense, gripping, and powerful.&#8221; (Kathryn Bertine, ESPN columnist and author of All the Sundays Yet to Come: A Skater's Journey)&#8220;A remarkably candid, unblinking portrait of what it truly takes to become a champion&#8230;that may forever alter the way you watch sports.&#8221; (Jake Tapper, Senior National Correspondent, ABC News)&#8220;Chalked Up pulls no punches&#8230;Sey&#8217;s writing is brilliant&#8230;offering perceptive psychoanalysis of everyone in her isolated world&#8230;Chalked Up is proof that she still has alot of guts.&#8221; (International Gymnast)&#8220;She has eloquently and fairly exposed a dark side to our sport that parents have long needed to be made aware of.&#8221; (Dominique Moceanu, Olympic Gold Medal Winning Gymnast)&#8220;Sey writes with vivid, clear-eyed candor; she doesn&#8217;t blame others, instead feeling that all the pressure came from within&#8230;To this day, this former athlete, now a highly successful businesswoman, is haunted by feelings of failure. Young athletes and their parents would appreciate Sey&#8217;s book.&#8221; (Library Journal)&#8220;A courageous story befitting a comeback kid&#151;a timely release for the 2008 Olympics.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)&#8220;Is the wonder of seeing these tiny bodies propel through space worth the horror they suffer to achieve grace and beauty? Or&#151;and this is a conclusion the Sey refuses to draw&#151;is this &#8220;sport&#8221; just institutionalized, commercialized, child abuse?&#8221; (Penthouse)&#8220;CURLING UP WITH A GOOD HEALTH BOOK: In 1986 Sey was the number one gymnast in America. Her memoir recounts what it took to get there. As a former gymnast myself (no where NEAR as accomplished), I relished this unvarnished account of the sport.&#8221; (Real Simple Magazine (blog), Liz Krieger)&#8220;Sey&#8217;s memoir has sent shock waves through the tightly knit world of top athletes, sparking controversy&#8230;She hopes her book might serve as both a wake-up call to a sport that she says she still loves and a lesson to parents whose children enter the world of top athletics.&#8221; (The Observer, UK)