Unstoppable
by Maria Sharapova
Sharapova's memoir doesn't soften the more uncomfortable parts of her rise: leaving Russia at six with her father and almost no money, the pressure of being groomed for stardom that young, and the rivalry with Serena Williams that defined a decade of tennis headlines. It's a sports memoir that's as much about cost as triumph.
why track this in moth
Sports memoirs reward tracking specific matches and turning points; Moth's notes are useful for marking the chapters that hit hardest if you followed her career in real time.
Book facts
- Genre
- English & College Success, English, Biography & Autobiography, Biological Sciences & Nutrition, Health, Activities & Sports
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Published
- September 12, 2017
- Pages
- 283
- Reading time
- 5 hr 37 min · ~13 nights at 25 min/day in Moth
- ISBN
- 9780374715311
- Language
- English
Publisher's summary
From the five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, the candid, captivating story of her rise to tennis stardom.
*One of The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2017*
In 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 and they don’t speak English. The two have arrived from Russia with only seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old will be the next tennis star. Amazingly, they are right.
Young Maria Sharapova went on to win Wimbledon at just seventeen years old, in an astonishing upset against the reigning champion Serena Williams, the match that kicked off their legendary rivalry and placed Sharapova on the international stage. At eighteen, she reached the number one WTA ranking for the first time, and has held that ranking many times since. In this gripping autobiography, the five-time Grand Slam winner recounts the story of her phenomenal rise to success, narrated with the same no-holds-barred, fiercely provocative attitude that characterizes her tennis game.
Full of thrilling, insightful episodes from her beginnings in Siberia, from career-defining games, and from her recent fight to get back on the court, Unstoppable is an inspiring tale of persistence, pulsing with fearlessness and candor. Sharapova’s is an utterly unforgettable story.
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