Elise Hooper
1 SeriesElise Hooper is an American author renowned for her novels "Fast Girls" and "The Other Alcott." Her work has garnered significant attention in the literary world.
In "Fast Girls" by Elise Hooper, the story follows three women—Betty Robinson, Louise Stokes, and Helen Stephens—as they pursue their dreams of Olympic glory. Betty, a member of the first women's track and field delegation, faces a setback after a plane crash. Louise, a black girl from Boston, sees the Olympics as a chance to overcome societal limitations. Helen, an awkward tomboy from Missouri, seeks to escape her farm life. Their paths converge at the 1936 Nazi-sponsored Olympics in Berlin, where they compete to become the fastest women in the world.
