Rating: 5 out of 5


I read this book in a day.

I knew of Sabrina as a trail runner and through her work with Black Trail Runners. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard her on one of the running podcasts I listen to. I knew of, and remain disgusted at, the five men who ran past her when she was hanging off the side of a path in the Alps without offering any help. If we’re being generous it’s because their schedule was more important than the life of a Black woman. If we’re being less generous then what? She’s not worth saving? They didn’t even notice her?

I didn’t know her non-running related backstory - about her family life, about her education, about her teenage pregnancies, about her PR business. All interesting and well written.

Made me shudder in places. Made me smile in others. Left me impressed with her strength of character. Impressive woman.

“Representation matters; it always has and it always will”

Originally posted to my Goodreads account