Wow, Taylor Jenkins’s Reid has managed to knock my socks off yet again with her latest novel. Will Carrie rise to the top or will it be an embarrassing comeback for this former world champ? The media and tennis community are against Carrie, except one player who also has a score to settle. With the backing of her beloved father and coach, Carrie begins the gruelling process of retraining her body again. Carrie and her father, who is also her coach, are in retirement mode when Carrie decides that she must take on a new world record to preserve her status as the greatest player ever. With a trail of titles, championships and records, Carrie has achieved almost everything she dreamed of… almost. Bold, determined, but also unpopular, Carrie Soto has her sights firmly set on becoming the world’s greatest tennis player ever. Introducing one of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s most memorable female stars, Carrie Soto is a force to be reckoned with. A golden, shimmering and scintillating novel that charts the rise, fall and rebirth of a tennis champion, Carrie Soto Is Back is a world class read. Carrie Soto Is Back is Los Angeles based writer Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest triumph. Carrie Soto is back.”Įight novels in and New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid just keeps getting better.
And they don’t get to decide what your name is. “And show them that the Bitch, the Battle Axe-whatever they want to call you-it doesn’t matter. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback. In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the ‘Battle-Axe’ anyway. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach.īut 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, British player named Nicki Chan.Īt thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record.
And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.īy the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen.
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