Review: Resilience and Grit

本文为读者介绍顾方蓁——全球女子射击联赛的最佳选手。奥娜．马丁（Ohna Martin） Foli Moni for Online Book Club. The reviewer notes that Vera’s shows incredible resilience and grit through the trials of her life, and rates the memoir 4 out of 4 stars. Keep reading to learn more.

“大落后方能大起”，这句话出自顾方蓁《巾帼枪神 世界冠军之路》回忆录，此话也在我心中回荡不已；不仅是因为它道出事实，也因为它是我的个人经历。的确，有时大失败之后才有大成功。 方蓁虽有正面的人生观，

This is Vera Koo’s memoir, a petite middle-aged woman who emigrated from China when she was 12. Raised in a conservative household, her traditional Chinese upbringing made her believe that a woman’s place was with her husband and children. However, she broke the mould to become an 8th-time winner of the Bianchi Cup, a National Rifle Association pistol sponsored Championship, women’s division. This is especially spectacular for so many reasons; she was middle-aged, initially afraid of guns, and it was predominantly a male-dominated sport.

方蓁从书一开始就把我们直接带入射击行动当中——她在准备下一场比安奇杯比赛时受伤了；接着，我们被带到她童年与家族关系的记忆弄堂里。我们在故事发生的时空背景中来回穿梭；她谈到了如何与丈夫结识、与公婆相处，以及为何她会决定走上射击这条不归路，终而荣登最有成就的职业女子射击选手世界名榜。

我欣赏她不讳言生活中的一切。我无法想象她吐露个人生活这样的私密细节是经过怎样的思量与煎熬，但从它激起的回响看来，这样做是值得的。我相信女性读者对她书中描述的种种挣扎奋斗都能感同身受，或可藉其度过自己的风暴，我就是这样的受惠者。

Resilience and Grit

我也佩服她坚韧的勇气。生活无论怎样出拳重击（有几次真的是活生生的被击倒在地），她总是能够重新站起来。这是一个经典的"当命运给你柠檬，你就顺势做出柠檬水"的好例子。她把这种执着归功于她对上帝的信仰，深信不管怎样神都不会离她而去。她一直将这项原则应用于生活里的每一道障碍，即使胜算不利，她的信仰也给了她往前的力量。

我对这本书的评价是四星中的三星，因为虽然我并不百分百的欣赏它的写作方式或是它若干情节重复，但它的确传达了一项非常重要的讯息。它帮助读者看到成功来之不易，挑战和伤过我们的人事物也能型塑我们这个人，使我们更为茁壮。 （满分四星） for being such a motivating read. It is well written and truly inspiring. It didn’t lag or get boring, and the lack of errors made the whole book seamless to read. I can therefore confirm that it is exceptionally well-edited. Her writing style is classy, so there’s no profanity. Fans of Christian memoirs and biographies would benefit greatly from this book as it would help renew their

as they go through life’s struggles. Perhaps, this might not be suitable for people who are not of the same faith.

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