Carrie Soto is back : a novel
Título
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Carrie Soto is back : a novel
Taylor Jenkins, Reid
Resumen
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Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2022
Descripción física
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369 pages ; 24 cm
Término de la materia
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Women tennis players -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction
Tennis players -- Fiction.
Sports rivalries -- Fiction.
Tennis -- Records -- Fiction
Género
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Sports fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Síntesis
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Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record.
ISBN
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9780385695794
9780593158685
Información de publicación
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[Toronto, Ontario] : Doubleday Canada, [2022].
©2022
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