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Elizabeth Jorgensen

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in Waukesha, The United States

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports

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Her memoir, Go, Gwen, Go: A Family’s Journey to Olympic Gold is available now (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2019). She hopes you’ll buy it from a local bookseller.

Elizabeth Jorgensen is a writer and teacher. Born and raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Elizabeth spends her free time watching the Real Housewives with her aging Cockapoo, Branji. When she's not watching Bravo, she enjoys meeting fitness goals and training with Ryan Bloor at Right Body Fitness. And taking selfies with her favorite people.

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	Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Jorgensen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 355 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gwen Jorgensen: USA's First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete by Elizabeth Jorgensen (Goodreads Author), Nancy Jorgensen, Gwen Jorgensen 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hacking Student Learning Habits: 9 Ways to Foster Resilient Learners and Assess the Process Not the Outcome (Hack Learning Series) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sijo: Korea's Poetry Form 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance

by Laura Delano (Goodreads Author)

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Elizabeth Jorgensen rated a book liked it This Is Not About Running: A Memoir by Mary Cain (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I struggled with this book ... It felt emotionally exhausting from beginning to end. Unlike Mary’s New York Times article, which I found compelling and nuanced, the memoir’s structure and tone didn’t work for me. The chronological, present-tense form ...more
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Elizabeth Jorgensen is currently reading Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura Delano (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Jorgensen rated a book it was amazing For the Love of the Grind by Sara Hall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book was surprisingly well written—honest, engaging, and personal. I was impressed that Sara wrote it herself; her intelligence and thoughtfulness come through on every page. While I knew Sara was religious, I didn’t realize just how central her ...more
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Elizabeth Jorgensen rated a book liked it Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three by Dawn Staley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
She describes herself as socially inept and an introvert. And that was my problem with the book: relationships were far removed. It's not the best written book. But she def wants you to know she's beaten the odds and overcome through not talent, but ...more
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Elizabeth’s Quotes

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.”
― John Dufresne

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“Someone once told me that grief is love you can no longer express.”
― Selma Blair, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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“The truth is, I am a person who is meant to stay home and read books, maybe have a nice dinner, and then put myself to bed. That is the life I’m built for. It’s all about the setting. When I’m out in public, it’s as if my system gets overwhelmed and instantaneously short-circuits. I turned the phoenix into ashes, by accident, in small ways, all the time.”
― Selma Blair, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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