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My Skating Life: Fifty Plus Years of Skating Paperback – Large Print, December 12, 2014

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Travel on a wonderful journey with skating author, figure skating competitor, skating coach, and skating parent, Jo Ann Schneider Farris. Learn everything and anything about skating as you travel through Jo Ann's skating life. In addition to reading Jo Ann's story, purchasers of the digital edition of MY SKATING LIFE can also enjoy embedded links, articles, photos, and videos that will take the reader on more wonderful skating adventures. The photos in the digital edition are in color and can be enlarged and enjoyed. This edition of MY SKATING LIFE is edited by Phil Corey and includes a thorough index put together by indexing professional Ellen Phillips. Happy Skating!
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This book by Jo Ann Schneider Farris tells it all from the aspect of daily skating as enjoyed by countess young people all over the country and on a daily basis throughout the year. I enjoy recalling some of Jo Ann's personal skating history, and I welcome the opportunity to provide a foreword to this chronicle of figure skating written by a "real" skater who has done and seen it as a competitor, a widely read writer, and now even as a skating parent.
Morry Stillwell Past President U.S. Figure Skating

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Dear Reader: 

Travel on a wonderful adventure with me!  Learn everything and anything about skating as you journey through my skating life, meet all the special friends I have made, and read how the figure skating world has changed. 

Happy Skating!

JO ANN

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Large Print edition (December 12, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1505450527
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1505450521
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.8 x 9.02 inches
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    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

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Jo Ann Schneider Farris

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Jo Ann Schneider Farris began skating in the 1960s because her father loved skating. She and her siblings, Billy and Lynnellen, went on to become serious competitive skaters. Jo Ann medaled at the US National Figure Skating Championships in ice dancing in the 1970s, and in the early 1980s, she began her career as a skating coach. She has taught hundreds of skaters since then, and also taught her husband, Dan, and her own three children, Joel, Rebekah, and Annabelle, to skate. As About.com's Figure Skating Expert, Jo Ann wrote hundreds of articles that included information about "all things skating."

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Lisa Stillwell
5.0 out of 5 stars ... Ann Schneider Farris' book My Skating Life is a wonderful glimpse into the interesting and exciting world of figure ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2015
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Jo Ann Schneider Farris' book My Skating Life is a wonderful glimpse into the interesting and exciting world of figure skating and ice dancing. It is written from the point of view of a competitive skater and ice dancer. Ms. Schneider Farris is just terrific at bringing the reader right into the scene she is describing in each part of it. I felt like I was right there with her on midnight private ice with my partner a long time ago. It is well-written and takes one from the world of the competitor, describes the world of the skating judges, and as Ms. Schneider Farris eventually becomes a coach, we learn what that is like too. Reading this book is always a real pleasure for me, and I am sure many others must feel the same way about it!
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Karen S. Johns
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2015
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It was a easy read but was a bit long and kind of dragged out but I am still glad I read it.
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Kate
3.0 out of 5 stars interesting facts, amateur writing
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2015
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Jo Ann's book includes a treasure trove of interesting facts and details.The book could have been so much better if she had used a good editor. She's not a particularly skilled writer. Her paragraphs are long, rambly, disorganized,and somewhat repetitive. It reads like a schoolgirl's diary: "I did this and then I did that and then we went here and did that...." In spite of this, she does manage to convey how different figure skating was compared to what it is today.
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Jane
2.0 out of 5 stars The life of a skating parent.
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2016
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This book gives you a good view of what it is to be a skater. This family did go overboard. It takes so much of life. Sometimes parents give up there life to drive all over the place to get their kids to skating. I love figure skating but these parents did go overboard.
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Stefano M. Stefan
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly interesting and enjoyable!
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
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Jo Ann does an admirable job in describing her life in skating and shares many personal anecdotes along the way. Her book is informal and accessible - just like chatting with a friend over coffee. The book also shows how much the world of figure skating has changed over the years through the eyes of a competitive skater, an instructor, a coach, and a parent of skaters - what a wonderful way to get all those perspectives in one place! Needless to say, I enjoyed the book very much and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in skating and its recent history.
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Joanne Jamrosz
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Read for Old and New Skaters
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
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As a fellow skating writer I often recommend new skaters and parents to JoAnn's About. site. She touches on subjects near and dear to new skaters, and in a knowledgable welcoming skating voice.
This book, too, is filled with so many wonderful stories written as though you are right there with her on the ice. Incredible memories JoAnn and thank you for sharing them. Old skaters and New will love this book!
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Philip Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017
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As a new 63 year old skater, this book was just what I needed. The history, the friendships, the adventures, and above all the love of all things skating. As a SoCal skater I will visit all the rinks mentioned.
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2.0 out of 5 stars One of the most boring books I have ever read
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016
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One of the most boring books I have ever read, very disappointed, it just seemed to drone on and on.
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