On February 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. World Figure Skating Team were killed in a plane crash, along with 16 coaches, officials, and family members. Frozen in Time takes readers inside the lives of the young skaters who died in the crash, revealing their friendships, romances, rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs. The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, the most famous woman in figure skating at the time, relentlessly drives her two young daughters—pairs champion Mara and the spectacular Laurence, who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated on the day she died. Myra Westerfeld, meanwhile, loses her marriage while guiding her daughters Sherri and Steffi to the pinnacle of the sport. Along with the bittersweet personal stories, author Nikki Nichols recounts the U.S. skating program’s lengthy struggle to rebuild after this devastating accident.
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Frozen in Time is the beautiful, heart-wrenching story of the eighteen members of the U.S. figure skating team of 1961 and the sudden tragedy that took them from us at the summit of their achievement.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy Nichols does a masterful job of seamlessly weaving together this long-ago era with the contemporary world of the sport. It is a terrific and informative read.
International Figure Skating magazine
The sensitivity of the writer will touch every skating fan in what may be one of the ten best-written sports books of the year.
Barry Federovitch, Trenton Times
A moving tribute to the skaters who died for their sport.
Indianapolis Star
Written with an insiders perspective, Frozen in Time is a painstaking and heart-breaking love letter to the sport as well as to those who perished in the crash. I highly recommend it whether or not you are a skating fan.
Jennifer Woodlief, author of Ski to Die and A Wall of White
Nikki Nichols is a senior writer for International Figure Skating Magazine and also serves as a copyeditor for the magazine. She has written for Skating Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, and numerous other trade publications and journals. Nikki had successful careers in television news and public relations before writing this, her rst book. She skates competitively, having won a gold medal at the Indiana State Championships, a gold and silver at the 2004 Midwestern Adult Sectional, and a bronze medal at the 2007 US Adult Figure Skating Championships in the Interpretive event. She is a two-time nalist in the adult silver ladies free skate at the US Adult Nationals. She also notched a fth-place nish in Adult Gold Pairs at the 2007 Adult Nationals, which she did with her pairs partner and husband, Michael Cunningham. The two had their rst child, Thomas, in April of 2008. They reside just south of Indianapolis, Indiana.
