Carrie Soto Is Back -- Taylor Jenkins Reid

<b>"An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam" (<i>Elle</i>), from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, </i> and <i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</i> <p/><b>"The perfect novel to close out your summer."--<i>The Washington Post</i></b> <p/>"Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I'll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it."--Emily Henry, author of <i>Book Lovers</i> and <i>Beach Read</i></b> <p/>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. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two. <p/>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. <p/>At 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. Even if the spor