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Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
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Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
Women tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Women athletes -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Models (Persons) -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Russian Americans -- Biography.
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Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
Women tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Women athletes -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Models (Persons) -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Russian Americans -- Biography.
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Unstoppable [sound recording] : my life so far / Maria Sharapova with Rich Cohen.
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Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
Macmillan Audio, 2017.
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.342092
S531u
Subjects
Sharapova, Maria, 1987-
Women tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Tennis players -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Women athletes -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Models (Persons) -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Russian Americans -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781427289933 (Book on CD)
Format:
[sound recording] :
Edition:
Unabridged.
Description:
7 CDs (8 hr., 12 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Read by the author.
Summary:
"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. 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. Her story began years before, in a small Russian town, where as a five-year-old she played on drab neighborhood courts with precocious concentration. It begins when her father, convinced his daughter could be a star, risked everything to get them to Florida, that sacred land of tennis academies. An unforgettable saga of dedication and fortune. She brings us inside her pivotal matches and illuminates the relationships that have shaped her - with coaches, best friends, boyfriends, and Yuri, her coach, manager, father, and most dedicated fan, describing with honesty and affection their oft-scrutinized relationship. She writes frankly about the suspension. As Sharapova returns to the professional circuit, one thing is clear: the ambition to win that drove her from the public courts of Russia to the manicured lawns of Wimbledon has not diminished. A powerful memoir, resonant in its depiction of the will to win - whatever the odds"--Provided by publisher.
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Autobiographies.
Adult books on CD.
Other authors:
Cohen, Rich.
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