Layne heath biography
A buzz-y read that is sure to be at the top of everyone's wish list for 2025, The Favorites is a cleverly written book about competitive figure skating and a girl with Tanya Harding like roots that will take you on a wild ride. More detail on this person: " Layne Colston Heath Birth Date: Dec 16th, 1948 Death Date: Jun 10th, 2012 Services for Mr. Layne Colston Heath, age 63, of Hideaway, are scheduled for 2PM on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Curtis Crofton & Jerry Maclaren officiating. Graveside Services are scheduled for 4:30 PM on Tuesday in the Ore City Cemetery in Ore City, Texas. Mr. Heath died on Sunday, June 10, 2012. He was born on December 13, 1948 to Buford King & Dorothy Baldridge Heath in Dallas, Texas and was formerly of Durango, Colorado, & Fredericksburg, Texas before moving to Hideaway in 2009. Mr. Heath was a veteran of the Viet Nam conflict where he served in the US Army as a helicopter pilot. He was a member of the Hideaway Lake Community Church, Rotary International, and the Viet Nam Helicopter Pilots Association. Mr. Heath was preceded in death by his parents, Buford & Dorothy Heath, and by a Brother, Carey Dean Heath. Survived by: Wife: Mrs. Laurice Heath of Hideaway Son: Brandon Heath of Corinth Step Son: Aaron Jones of Arlington Sister: Mrs. Glennis Hinshaw of Santa Fe, New Mexico Visitation: 6PM to 8PM on Monday evening at the Funeral Home Burial information: Ore City Cemetery, Ore City, TX This information was last updated 09/04/2018 Please send additions or corrections to: HQ@vhpa.org VHPA Headquarters Return to the Helicopter Pilot DAT name list Return to VHPA web site Date posted on this site: 01/11/2025 Copyright © 1998 - 2024 Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association .
The first half of the book I was enthralled, and was certain it was going to be a 5 star read. Then it lost me. Then it found me again. Then I couldn't stop thinking about it... it was a rollercoaster of a read and I think I'm still unpacking how I feel about it.
Here is what I loved: the main character Katarina Shaw. She was strong and driven and sometimes selfish but she was unapologetic in her hunger and her desire for THE Gold. More female main characters like Katarina, please! I also loved that excerpts of the book were told in documentary style, looking back at the events transpiring through various observers. That was really well done. The rest of the book was a mix of several elements: a commentary on ice skating and the biases within competitive sports, a statement that winning comes at a cost, and the fact that no matter how many times you reinvent yourself, you always come back to who you truly are at the end.
What was harder for me to swallow was that the people Katarina surrounded herself with were incredibly toxic, particularly her obsessive and twisted on-and-off again relationship with first love turned skating partner turned enemy turned lover again turned enemy again Heath. Add to that her long-time idol slash coach who really didn't care about anything more than her 'investment' getting a medal, and her BFF slash competitor slash frenemy Bella. While I did love a large portion of the book, I just couldn't reconcile some of the decisions made at the end which left a frustrating taste in my mouth. At the same time, isn't a good book one that makes you mad, that makes you think, and that isn't HEA across the board?
For readers who want to be entertained, who like real and HEATH LAYNE C
Lindale, TX
Flight Class 69-1
Date of Birth 12/13/1948
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with C/158 AVN 101 ABN in 69-70, D/1/10 CAV in 71
Call signs in Vietnam PHOENIX 23, SHAMROCK 19
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This is an epic sports romance with a heart-pounding, exciting, hyperventilating, and also very realistic approach to the ice dance world. It delves into how far contenders will go to win an Olympic medal, with ambitions, power games, speculations, and manipulations taking over their high efforts and performances until the skaters hurt themselves physically and mentally, pouring their souls, sweat, blood, hopes, dreams, and hearts into their dance. Eyes on the prize, stakes are getting higher at each contest, and only winning ensures survival. Prepare yourself for betrayals even from your closest circle—nobody is trustable. When the gold medal is within reach, you cannot see anything except that before your eyes! That’s the dog-eat-dog world of competitive sports!
This epic journey centers on the passionate, yet sometimes toxic and dysfunctional, love story of two Olympic skaters, Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha—childhood sweethearts who ran away from home at the age of 16 to become an ice dance skating couple. Katarina escapes from her alcoholic abusive brother, while Heath is an orphan raised in the foster care system. Katarina is the only person he can truly be himself with.
Their fate changes when they meet the Lin twins—children of legendary Olympic Games golden medal-winning skater Sheila Lin. The Lin twins, living privileged lives, become new stars of ice dance competitions, following in their mother's footsteps.
When Sheila invites Katarina and Heath to train at her school, where they have the opportunity to reach the top of their game, Katarina feels like her dreams are finally coming true. She has admired Sheila Lin since childhood, seeing her as a role model, and is obsessed with becoming as tough and successful a skating star a