{"product_id":"9781504388481","title":"The Most Unlikely Champion: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Vera Koo enrolled in a firearm safety course in the late 1980s, she couldn’t have looked more out of a place. She was a petite, Chinese-American woman in a class of mostly men. She had no idea this “man’s world” was about to turn her life upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Most Unlikely Champion, she shares her story of perseverance that eventually transformed her into the most unlikely pistol champion, an eight-time winner of the Bianchi Cup \u003cem\u003ein the Women's Division\u003c\/em\u003e, America’s most prestigious action-pistol championship. In this memoir, she narrates how she had plenty of experience as a woman in a man’s world. She’d grown up in Hong Kong, where conservative Chinese values told women their place was in the home, where they would serve their husbands as supportive wives and mothers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Koo was twelve, her father moved the family to the United States. With new opportunities came new challenges. Koo and her husband, Carlos, navigated the male-dominated world of real estate, only to find their business teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. They tried to build a family, but were shaken, time and again, by unexpected tragedies. Throughout the journey, she developed a deep faith in God which helped her the survive pain and disappointment threatening to crush her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Most Unlikely Champion tells a story of triumph and tragedy, persistence, and pain. But more than that, it’s about how faith and hard work can help a person achieve more than they thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039093113072,"sku":"9781504388481","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504388481_p0.jpg?v=1763717134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504388481","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}