Seoul Sisters: A Team of Their Own

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One of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019"A feel-good story."—New York Times Book Review"This isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players."—Korea TimesThe inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's first Olympic ice hockey team.Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before.The team was built for this moment. They had been brought together from across the...