Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane, An Illustrated Autobiography

Marion Life in the Fast An illustrated Autobiography by Marion Jones with Kate Sekules Warner Books, July 2004 $24.95, ISBN 0-446-52455-7

The Golden Girl

Marion Jones's glory shines through in her memoir. By Fred Lindsey

For more than a decade, Marion Jones-with her five-feet-eleven inch, lean, copper-colored frame-was hailed as the "the fastest woman on the planet." At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she became the first woman to ever win five medals at one Olympics. That year, the Associated Press and ESPN named Jones "Athlete of the Year." A happy, infectious glow from these accomplishments will reflect on Jones's fans upon reading her illustrated …