Sey memoir not all its chalked up to be

That’s the title of a guest post on International Gymnast magazine, the most venerable in the industry.

All sorts of nonsense gets posted on “blogs” — but when the best known publication in the industry questions the veracity of your book, you know the game is up. There’s no way Jennifer Sey is getting on Oprah now.

Sey memoir not all it’s chalked up to be

By Lisa Lazar

Perception is not always the same as reality, writes former Parkettes gymnast Lisa Lazar after reading Jennifer Sey’s new memoir, “Chalked Up.”

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I grew up within the Parkettes organization, was an elite level gymnast and two-time U.S. junior national team member in the mid-’80s. I trained with Jennifer Sey and was coached by the same people she writes about in “Chalked Up.” I find myself admiring Jen for letting people see the depth of her childhood trials and tribulations, which she reveals as having begun long before she ever went to the Parkettes gym. I struggle, however, to understand how some of her detailed recollections are so very different from mine.

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… read the entire article on International Gymnast

Lisa Lazar is a former elite gymnast who trained at the Parkettes from 1977 to 1990. She now resides in Baltimore.

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