In 1996, at 11 years old, Amanda attended an ice-skating birthday party. That event and her subsequent experiences on the ice not only cured her migraines, but also granted her unprecedented self-confidence, and became the key to her soul. In Thin Ice, Amanda shares the ways in which every major lesson sheÕs ever learned, sheÕs learned on the ice Ð proving that skating was never just a sport or frivolous activity for her. To this day, Amanda still laces up her skates when both time and her health allow for it.