Unstoppable: My Life So Far (Signed)

Sharapova, Maria (Signed)

ISBN 10: 0374904030 / ISBN 13: 9780374904036

Published by Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017

About this Item

Sarah Crichton Books/FSG, 2017. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, 9-1/4 inches tall, 292 pp. + note about the author, with intact dust jacket. Center section of glossy photos. This copy in nearly fine condition. Clean, crisp text. Firm binding. Looks practically new. A little edge wear on the dust jacket. Nice copy--signed on a front endpaper by the author.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1626906005643

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unstoppable: My Life So Far (Signed)
• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374904030
• ISBN 13: 9780374904036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The rise, and fall, and rise again of tennis sensation Maria SharapovaIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them. They don't speak English. They've arrived from Russia with only $700 and the conviction that this six-year-old will be the next tennis star. Surprisingly, they are right.Young Maria Sharapova went on to become one of the best, most famous, and highest-paid athletes. At seventeen, she won Wimbledon. At eighteen, she was ranked number one. To date, she has won five Grand Slams. Her stardom spills off the court to fashion, philanthropy, food. But at the peak of her popularity, Sharapova faced a new challenge, after testing positive for a banned drug. The backlash was shocking--sponsors fled, fans berated her, and she received a two-year suspension. Despite successfully appealing her sentence, she still faced the battle of maintaining her eminence on the court and her place in fans' hearts. In this gripping autobiography, Sharapova traces her precarious beginnings in Siberia to her controversial doping ban. The same way she plays tennis, she tells her story with a no-holds-barred attitude, fierce and provocative. Sharapova's story transcends the sports genre--this is an inspiring tale of gritty persistence, pulsing with fearlessness and candor, utterly unforgettable.