A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History

A December Stephen Curry Book Club Pick

One of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019

"A feel-good story."--New York Times Book Review

"This isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players."--Korea Times

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.

Author: Seth Berkman
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781335005533


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2019
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 76
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 42

About the Author
Berkman, Seth: - 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.