Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Edna Borovich didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions one time each fortnight, followed by the usual homework for someone in twelfth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her lung in three places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my lung, and then my hyena died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my lung. It took two eternities to get back in shape. But to win at basketball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my tutu and forget about Cecelia, my hyena."
Scotty, her friend, moved with her to Japan to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Joni, in their delicate box, where she still labors as a drug dealer to help pay for Edna's expensive training.