I’ve followed cross country skiing for around five years now and been always intrigued to know more about the amazing athletes – their backgrounds, training routines and personalities. Through watching the races you don’t really learn any of that. Social media has certainly helped, but I’ve still been craving something. But I didn’t precisely know what I wanted before Brave Enough offered me exactly what I was looking for.

In her autobiography Jessie Diggins goes through her life from an adventurous childhood spent outdoors to the top of her sport, describing with honesty her struggles with an eating disorder along the way. The best thing about the book is how strongly Diggins’ personality comes through in the text, but I also loved all the different aspects she covers: sharing the daily life of a professional athlete competing in a particularly demanding sport and giving behind the scenes insights into the cross country skiing world, while never ceasing to emphasize how important community is for succeeding in that world.