![]() ![]() It is the hyperfocus on this goal that takes away from some of the storytelling in the book. Instead, One Life is mostly a call to action - one that follows Rapinoe's own political awakening in the hopes that other people will follow in her footsteps and understand that they have an imperative to speak out about injustice in the world, like she has done. It also doesn't expound much on her relationship with her brother, Brian, who has had a lifelong struggle with opioid addiction. And it won't dwell too much on her childhood in Redding, Calif. We understand from the opening pages that One Life is not mostly about Rapinoe's journey as a soccer player - though it is that. ![]() Her memoir, One Life, takes the reader through these events from the inside. national team to come out publicly as gay.Īs an athlete activist, she has gone toe-to-toe with the now-outgoing president and vocally rejected his presidency. She was also the first female member of the U.S. ![]() And Rapinoe was the first white athlete to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick in his protest against police brutality and racial injustice. She declared that if the team won, they would not be going to the Trump White House. The star of the United States Women's National Soccer team was catapulted into the national spotlight during the team's 2019 World Cup Championship - both for her on-field play and her off-field political views. In many ways, Megan Rapinoe seems like the perfect athlete-memoirist for the moment. ![]()
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