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The truth is she was a cycling phenomenon [and] ferociously competitive Yorkshire girl, who swept the board in all the various British national championships. This biography stands as a powerful testament to Beryl’s transformation into a formidable activist, profoundly reshaping the landscape of disability justice.
Wilson springs a few surprises beyond that, with Geoffrey Boycott making an appearance in support of all things Yorkshire – and (presumably drawing on Wilson's main job as the chief sports reporter for the Daily Telegraph), jockey AP McCoy adds comment.Her daughter was one of the people interviewed for the book and while she isn’t resentful (or not much) you can certainly tell she did not have a good relationship with her mother. Denise was born (with no choice) and then was essentially abandoned so Beryl could pursue her own dreams. As an example, at 15 pages Wilson devotes three times as much space to Burton's only 24-hour time trial as Fotheringham, who in turn wrote twice as much about it as Burton did in her autobiography, Personal Best. Only three years after a previous profile here's another one, although Jeremy Wilson extends the remit of a conventional biography to explore other aspects of Burton's incomparable cycling career. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.
I loved it, as everyone else has [and] recommend people get it, read it cover to cover and be amazed by the life of Beryl Burton. cc * A superb book about someone who was great before her time * Pez Cycling News * A long overdue and remarkable biography of a remarkable cyclist -- The New European * Charlie Connelly * The fascinating [and] extraordinary story of Yorkshire's very own . Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. So grounded in the British cycling culture of the time, the book makes Burton’s trips abroad seem like an interruption. This book is a fantastic addition to the collection of anyone with a passion for activism, social justice, and disability studies.Yet she carried on winning, beating men and – infamously – competing against her own daughter, whilst working full-time on a Yorkshire farm and running a household. Despite being beloved of the British cycling public, and having published an autobiography, Burton has always remained somewhat unknowable.
Ultimately this is a book about obsession - and the destinations, heroic and horrible, that obsession leads us. Shockingly neglected daughter and some bizarrely cruel parenting and sportsmanship, all for the results. Such as when he tracks down the racer who saw Burton after losing to her daughter Denise ‘sitting on the floor of the changing room, hitting their surface with her fists – in the same state of frustration as when she dropped her ball as a child. A wonderful biography of one of Britain's least known but most highly decorated sports stars, Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton.There’s an element of early life trauma, but also just being driven to the detriment of everything else. Initially tagging along-on supposedly sociable club runs with her husband, Burton decided she’d never let on if she was suffering. Last time I wrote a review about a biography of Beryl Burton (which is not something you get to say very often), I questioned why it had taken so long for one to appear; now I am wondering why we have another one already! There are lessons here for us all, from school kids to politicians, about what it means to be truly complete, and what it will take to make inclusion a reality.
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