Not So Fast
Growing up in a rural farming town can be lonely and unglamorous. In Not So Fast, Sarah McMahon positions rural America warmly, sharply contrasting its beauty with the economic insecurity that lies at its core. After a childhood spent running around cornfields, she earned a scholarship to run cross country and track at Bradley University, a small, private Division 1 school in central Illinois. Any notion of security was abandoned when her mother fell ill and Sarah found herself in the clutches of an eating disorder that only deepened and darkened in the arena of collegiate athletics. She graduated with two degrees, an injured hip, and an abusive boyfriend. After moving to California, she not