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8-time NCAA champion Maggie Nichols has shared the cover for her upcoming memoir,Unstoppable!, exclusively with PEOPLE.The book, arriving next year from Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, is “a story of hope, trauma, reclamation, and above all, triumph,” according to a statement from its publisher. It is aimed to readers age 14 and up.
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Allegations against Nassar, however, first became public in 2016, when theIndianapolis Starpublished a report about sexual abuse within the elite gymnastics organization. Over the course of the investigation’s hearings, many victimstestifiedbefore the senate, including Nichols, Biles and Raisman. Nassar wassentencedto up to 175 years in prison in 2018. That same year, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, along with USA Gymnastics, agreed to pay asettlementof $380 million to Nassar’s survivors, and reform their organizations to better address and prevent further abuse.
The investigation spurred a nationwide conversation about the lasting trauma of sexual assault, as well as the institutions and individuals who silenced Nassar’s victims for so long. The case was also the subject of the 2019 HBO Max documentaryAt the Heart of Goldand the 2020 Netflix documentaryAthlete A. Nichols herself was called “Athlete A” in her initial abuse report.Nichols continued her athletic career since the indictment, competing in the2019 NCAA Championships, among others. After retiring from competitions in 2020, she became astudent coach. Nichols has also become a staunch advocate for protecting children and young athletes, talking at colleges nationwide, such asTrinity CollegeandSaint Mary’s College, about speaking out against sexual abuse. She was also awarded the2019 NCAA Inspiration Awardas well as theArthur Ashe Courage Award.
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Unstoppable!showcases Nichols' courage and resilience in the face of adversity. Though her story has long been in the spotlight, the author feels it is finally the right time for the book itself to be out in the world.“I don’t think I could have written this book until I fulfilled certain life goals,” Nichols says. “And now that I have, I’m happy to share what I’ve learned before I move on to fulfilling new goals.”Unstoppable!will land in bookstores on January 16, 2024.
source: people.com
