{"product_id":"debi-thomas-what-really-happened-paperback","title":"Debi Thomas What Really Happened - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Denise Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUNAUTHORIZED: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebi Thomas-What Really Happened\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Carol Denise Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unflinching and deeply reported unauthorized biography, two-time award-winning journalist \u003cb\u003eCarol Denise Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e delivers the most intimate and revealing portrait ever written about Olympic legend \u003cb\u003eDebra Janine \"Debi\" Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from \u003cb\u003etwo years of exclusive, behind-the-scenes phone interviews\u003c\/b\u003e with Thomas and her fiancé, Jamie Looney, Mitchell gains unprecedented access to the private world of one of America's most complex and misunderstood athletes. What emerges is a gripping narrative that exposes long-guarded truths - from the emotional fallout of the 1988 Olympics to the unraveling of Thomas's celebrated medical career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell's reporting uncovers a startling confession: Debi Thomas believed she was \u003cb\u003enever meant to win the gold\u003c\/b\u003e. Through meticulous research and fearless inquiry, the author examines how Thomas's lifelong willingness to \"Question Authority\" shaped both her triumphs and her devastating setbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revelations are staggering. Readers will confront the harrowing reality of the \u003cb\u003edomestic violence\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas endured, recounted in her own voice with a candor rarely granted to any biographer. In one chilling moment - when Looney places a gun to Thomas's head - Mitchell writes with the sensitivity of a friend and the discipline of a journalist determined to preserve the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet at every turn, Mitchell ensures that \u003cb\u003ethis is Debi's story\u003c\/b\u003e. Her voice, her memories, her pain, and her resilience guide the narrative. The result is an earthshattering account that will leave readers breathless, moved, and forever changed in their understanding of the skating icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith compassion and uncompromising honesty, Carol Denise Mitchell restores Debra Janine Thomas to the historical record - not as a fallen star, but as a woman of extraordinary courage whose life deserves to be studied, honored, and remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the biography only Mitchell could write. And it is the one Debi Thomas deserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461077483698,"sku":"9798644736805","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c6yUeRWpy09798644736805.webp?v=1782859294","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/debi-thomas-what-really-happened-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}