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Note: Tracey Wickham with Peter Meares.
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Treading Water
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'Tracey's long awaited autobiography reveals the highs and lows of a much-loved Australian sports star, candidly and fearlessly. 'Tracey Wickham has the greatest killer instinct in Australian sport.' Dawn Fraser In the water, Tracey Wickham was a marvel. Out of it, she was a mess. As a teenager in the 1970s, she rose to become the brightest star of Australian swimming, set numerous world records, won four Commonwealth gold medals and mixed with celebrities and the sporting elite. But, on the cusp of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Tracey retired at the age of nineteen. From that time on, Lady Luck didn't smile on Tracey Wickham. Her marriage ended in divorce and her new partner bashed her so savagely she was hospitalised. Standing in line at Centrelink, Tracey thought she had hit rock bottom. Worse was to come. Her beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, was found to have terminal cancer and passed away on her wedding day. Tracey spiralled out of control. Broke and alone, she struggled with depression and prescription drug addiction. But our world champion would never give up without a fight and, with humour and determination, this little Aussie battler is winning the toughest race of all: life. Treading Water reveals the lows and soaring highs of a much-loved Australian sports star, candidly and fearlessly.' (Publication summary)

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    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ebury Press , 2010 .
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      Extent: xvi, 351 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports. (some col.)
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      •  01 December 2010

         

      ISBN: 9781741669510 (pbk.)

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Works about this Work

Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 January 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of Treading Water Tracey Wickham , Peter Meares , 2010 single work autobiography
On the Couch Karen Milliner (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 - 10 October 2010; (p. 5)
Champ Paid to Train at Pool Daryl Passmore , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 26 September 2010; (p. 45)
The Strength to Stay Afloat Daryl Passmore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 26 September 2010; (p. 44)

— Review of Treading Water Tracey Wickham , Peter Meares , 2010 single work autobiography
The Strength to Stay Afloat Daryl Passmore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 26 September 2010; (p. 44)

— Review of Treading Water Tracey Wickham , Peter Meares , 2010 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 January 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of Treading Water Tracey Wickham , Peter Meares , 2010 single work autobiography
Champ Paid to Train at Pool Daryl Passmore , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 26 September 2010; (p. 45)
On the Couch Karen Milliner (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 - 10 October 2010; (p. 5)
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