The Munich Cowboys Cheerleaders

<p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>From <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author of <em>Lilac Girls</em> Martha Hall Kelly and coauthor Kathy Murray comes a novella based on Murray's true underdog story following her time coaching a German cheerleading squad and ultimately inspiring a group of young women to reach new heights in their sport.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>It's 1997 and Kathy Murray desperate to leave her medical sales job and pursue her passion accepts an offer to teach aerobics in Germany - as a former elite athlete she's confident she can handle whatever comes her way. She quickly realizes though that her leap of faith may be more challenging than she thought struggling with the German language and the overt racism she constantly faces as one of the only Black people in her new community. But that doesn't stop her from taking on her biggest challenge yet: coaching a cheerleading squad of disengaged teenagers with only weeks to prepare for their championship competition. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Meanwhile 17-year-old Annika Jensen is a gifted gymnast but when she arrives in Munich she's still haunted by the troubling memories of her previous cheer squad and has no interest in revisiting the sport. Can the Munich Cowboys Cheerleaders and their fearless new coach reignite Annika's passion and rebuild her confidence?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Told from Kathy and Annika's perspectives</span><em style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Munich Cowboys Cheerleaders: Leaving Corporate Life for An Extraordinary Coaching Journey Abroad </em><span style=color: rgba(6 22 36 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>is an uplifting story of friendship and conviction in the face of adversity.</span></p>