Brasseur & Eisler: To Catch a Dream (Hardcover)

by Lynda D. Prouse (Author), Isabelle Brasseur (Author), Lloyd Eisler (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 246 pages
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771573936
• ISBN-13: 978-0771573934
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,916,709 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A compelling tale of one of the best pair skating teams, May 23, 1998

By A Customer

The story which gives both points of view from Isabelle and Lloyd is heartfelt. Both tell of how they met and how their relationship has grown from over the years from simply a pairs skating ensemble to best friends. "Herbie" and "Freddy", as is their nicknames for each other, have written a book together that will always be named one of my favorites. Honesty is evident in the book, when they tell of their competition days, from Lloyd throwing chairs to more personal trivial tales of Isabelle throwing erasers. They do not hold back with their emotions in the book being brutally honest at times. Included in the book are tales of inside skating pranks and accidents from the days of touring. Personal triumph is also quite evident in the book when Isabelle speaks of the death of her father to Lloyd's transformation from the "bull in the chain shop" to the skater who feels the music, loud and soft. Compelling and captivating

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book for all skating fans, March 6, 1998

By A Customer

To Catch a Dream chronicles the skating careers of one of Canada's (and indeed one of the world's) greatest pairs skaters, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler. The reader is taken on a trip back into time reliving the lives of Brasseur and Eisler from their childhood through to their Olympic glory.

This book is certainly worth a read for fans of Brasseur and Eisler, if one can get past the grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Although the entire book is written in the first person, from the points of view of both Isabelle and Lloyd, Linda Prouse's job (and one really finds it very hard to believe she is an "award-winning writer") was to clean up what was written and make it flow smoothly and correctly. It was so disheartening for me to pick up this much-anticipated book and find grammatical errors starting in the very first paragraph. I have always been a tremendous fan of B&E's skating, and I enjoyed reading the details of their rise to the top, but please!! somebody, fix those mistakes, for they make the book very difficult to read.

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a really good and interesting book, January 31, 1998

By A Customer

This book shows its readers the lives of two of the best pairs skaters ever. Isabelle and Lloyd talk about their lives before skating together and during the most trying times of their careers. There is also a look at what their lives are like off the ice. This book has a small tribute to Sergei Grinkov. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes figure skating or a good autobiography.