Born on the wrong side of the tracks, in working-class Sydney, Dawn has struggled with illness, family tragedy, bureaucratic opposition and personal demons to live a life filled with remarkable achievements. It has also been a life punctuated by terrible loss and sadness.
A story of both the athlete and the woman, Dawn finally tells the full account of how her glittering swimming career was cut brutally short after triumph in Tokyo, and her clash with rigid authority. She describes the impact the ten-year ban had on her loving but tumultuous marriage. The years that followed as a single parent trying to scrape a living in obscurity before her triumphant comeback in Atlanta are some of her most fraught and the most touching.
