Tennis is a great sport. It takes strength, speed, and strategy. It is a sport that is challenging and inspiring. I say that to say that if this was a book solely about tennis I would have probably enjoyed it. Oh, but this story is about so much more.

It’s about what happens when you dedicate your whole life, your whole being to something and then achieve it. It’s about what comes afterwards: how to win, how to lose, how to live. It’s about aging, about being a woman in this world that too often wants us to sit down and shut up. A world that wants us to be well-behaved and fit exactly into the box of what they think a woman is. And if we don’t then we get called what Carrie is often called by the predominantly male reporters. I’ll give you a hint. It rhymes with witch.

Don’t get me wrong. There are points where Carrie is just plain unlikeable. Several points. She’s rude, a sore loser, a sore winner, arrogant, and selfish. Her entire being is tennis. It is the reason for the very air that she breathes. But she’s also a devoted daughter, an incredibly ambitious and determined person, and a damn good tennis player.

So naturally, the male players think they can beat her easily, and the tabloids judge her for every person she sleeps with.

Whether you pick the audiobook, the e-book, the hardcover, or the paperback, this book does not disappoint. Check it out at the link below or at your local library.