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We walk through life on a spiral staircase, circling the same 20 Questions again and again. Among them: Why am I like this? How do I know what to do? Why can’t I be happy? Why am I so angry? How do I let go? Facing these questions is uncomfortable. The answers are complicated. But Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle have learned that life gets easier when we are brave enough to name the hard questions and discover our answers. They created this book to make that healing a joyful, shared process.

Abby Wambach became a champion because of her incredible talent as a football player. She became an icon because of her remarkable wisdom as a leader. As the cocaptain of the 2015 Women's World Cup Champion Team, she created a culture not just of excellence but of honour, commitment, resilience, and sisterhood. She helped transform a group of individual women into one of the most successful, powerful and united Wolfpacks of all time.

""Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor."" —NPR ""Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves."" —Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times...

Wenn wir durch Liebe, Herzschmerz, Freude, Elternschaft, Freundschaft, Alter, Trauer, Neuanfänge – kurz, das Leben – reisen, brauchen wir auch einen Reiseführer. Als kürzlich innerhalb eines einzigen Jahres bei Glennon Magersucht und bei Amanda Brustkrebs diagnostiziert wurde und Abbys geliebter Bruder starb, waren sie zum ersten Mal alle gleichzeitig völlig verzweifelt. Also wandten sie sich dem einzigen zu, was ihnen immer geholfen hat, ihren Weg zu finden: tiefgründige, ehrliche Gespräche mit anderen.

Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation’s heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby...