Carrie Soto is back : a novel

Titre
Carrie Soto is back : a novel

Taylor Jenkins, Reid

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2022

Description matérielle
369 pages ; 24 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Women tennis players -- Fiction
 
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
 
Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction
 
Tennis players -- Fiction.
 
Sports rivalries -- Fiction.
 
Tennis -- Records -- Fiction

Genre
Sports fiction.
 
Psychological fiction.
 
Historical fiction.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780385695794
 
9780593158685

Informations de publication
[Toronto, Ontario] : Doubleday Canada, [2022].
 
©2022


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