In my skin book by brittney griner

In my skin shares inside look into brittney griners. Hovey, sue and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. My life on and off the basketball court by brittney griner and sue hovey. After making griner spend basically her whole afterschool adolescence in her bedroom in an extended overprotective paranoid fit, the elder griner draws up a hair short of disowning his daughter when he discovers her sexuality, even though brittney had been out to friends and even her mother for years. My life on and off the basketball court 9780062309334 by griner, brittney. Code switch at 23, griner is one of the best female basketball players in the world and now shes also an author. The excerpt concerns brittney being disciplined while she was a college star at baylor university by her coach kim mulkey for an incident in which she punched a rival player. In my skin book chicago public library bibliocommons. In my skin 9780062309358, 9780062309341 vitalsource.

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