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Elizabeth Jorgensen

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in Waukesha, The United States

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LyzaJo

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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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Average rating: 4.02 · 379 ratings · 40 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Jorgensen (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 353 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 4.25 avg rating — 4 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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All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation

by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)

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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir

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Elizabeth Jorgensen rated a book liked it Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms by Shaunie Henderson	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 listened to this. She does a good job reading the book. I was in between books and this one was instantly available at my local library, so that's why I checked it out. She's Shaq's ex-wife and the creator/producer of the reality show, Basketball Wi ...more
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In places, I struggled to understand Human Acts because Han Kang uses a complex, fragmented narrative structure and shifting pronouns [upon completing the book, I decided she did this to reflect the trauma of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising]. The novel is b ...more
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Elizabeth Jorgensen rated a book liked it Baffled by Addiction? by Thurman Edward Hughes	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
Fast read. Nothing earth-shattering but a welcome reminder of what we need to do with our loved ones struggling with addiction.
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I listened to this. I'm not into politics and this book affirmed why. It's just not interesting to me. And there's too much talking and positioning and relationships ... anyway, this book was quite good! Kamala Harris read it in a way that made it b ...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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