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"This is no feel-good saga, no celebrity biography trumpeting
a long list of accomplishments. While Alvarado takes a gut-
wrenching, no-holds-barred look at the roller coaster struggles
and triumphs that have been Gomez's life, the jockey reveals
more than has ever been told. Painful and heartbreaking at
first, the book ultimately becomes a celebration of redemption
against all odds, a real story of one man's battle to survive his
own weakness." (Read the rest of the review by clicking here.)
--Claire Novak, Eclipse Award Winner, Special to ESPN
"Garrett Gomez is known the world over as one of America’s
outstanding professional jockeys, with multiple championships
and a multitude of Breeders’ Cup triumphs to his name. What
will not be so widely known is that he has fought and won in his
twin battles with alcoholism and drug addiction. Now you can
read his fascinating and troubling story, told with a raw
honesty.... Few books will move the reader as this does and if
you were to read just one racing book in 2012, this should be
the chosen one. A masterpiece."
---Leo Powell, The Irish Field
"His book is like him in that it pulls no punches. There are
graphic details and examinations of his life and both sides of
his family, particularly his mother’s side. The book’s author,
Alvarado, uncovered the root of Gomez’s early exposure to
drugs and alcohol by tracing wild summers Gomez spent as a
youth with his maternal grandparents. If Gomez wasn’t stealing
a beer out of his grandfather’s refrigerator, he was rolling a
joint from marijuana he swiped from his stash. Or he was
gnawing on a wad of chewing tobacco, shooting pool in a bar,
his grandfather there at his side." (Read the rest of the review
by clicking here.)
--Ed Zieralski, sports writer, Union-Tribune San Diego
"The Garrett Gomez Story differs from most jockey
biographies, as Dr. Alvarado focused on Gomez's addiction to
drugs and alcohol, how it affected his life and those of his
family and friends, and how he was able to save his marriage,
his career, and possibly his life by conquering the addiction.
Dr. Alvarado pieced together direct quotes culled from lengthy
interviews with Gomez and his family, to tell this inspiring story.
This is a remarkable tell-all book of a jockey who had it all, lost
it all, and made what at times seemed an improbable
comeback." (Read the rest of the review by clicking here.)
--Cindy Pierson Dulay, Eclipse Award Winner, About.com
a long list of accomplishments. While Alvarado takes a gut-
wrenching, no-holds-barred look at the roller coaster struggles
and triumphs that have been Gomez's life, the jockey reveals
more than has ever been told. Painful and heartbreaking at
first, the book ultimately becomes a celebration of redemption
against all odds, a real story of one man's battle to survive his
own weakness." (Read the rest of the review by clicking here.)
--Claire Novak, Eclipse Award Winner, Special to ESPN
"Garrett Gomez is known the world over as one of America’s
outstanding professional jockeys, with multiple championships
and a multitude of Breeders’ Cup triumphs to his name. What
will not be so widely known is that he has fought and won in his
twin battles with alcoholism and drug addiction. Now you can
read his fascinating and troubling story, told with a raw
honesty.... Few books will move the reader as this does and if
you were to read just one racing book in 2012, this should be
the chosen one. A masterpiece."
---Leo Powell, The Irish Field
"His book is like him in that it pulls no punches. There are
graphic details and examinations of his life and both sides of
his family, particularly his mother’s side. The book’s author,
Alvarado, uncovered the root of Gomez’s early exposure to
drugs and alcohol by tracing wild summers Gomez spent as a
youth with his maternal grandparents. If Gomez wasn’t stealing
a beer out of his grandfather’s refrigerator, he was rolling a
joint from marijuana he swiped from his stash. Or he was
gnawing on a wad of chewing tobacco, shooting pool in a bar,
his grandfather there at his side." (Read the rest of the review
by clicking here.)
--Ed Zieralski, sports writer, Union-Tribune San Diego
"The Garrett Gomez Story differs from most jockey
biographies, as Dr. Alvarado focused on Gomez's addiction to
drugs and alcohol, how it affected his life and those of his
family and friends, and how he was able to save his marriage,
his career, and possibly his life by conquering the addiction.
Dr. Alvarado pieced together direct quotes culled from lengthy
interviews with Gomez and his family, to tell this inspiring story.
This is a remarkable tell-all book of a jockey who had it all, lost
it all, and made what at times seemed an improbable
comeback." (Read the rest of the review by clicking here.)
--Cindy Pierson Dulay, Eclipse Award Winner, About.com
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