41-Love: A Memoir

By: Scarlett Thomas

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Synopsis: A darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want toAt forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She&’d quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She&’d had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick right around the time she realized she was never going to be a mother herself. For the first time in her life, maintaining her ideal weight had become nearly impossible. She was supposed to grow up, but she didn&’t know how. So instead she decided to regress, to go back to the thing she&’d loved best as a child but had inexplicably abandoned: tennis. Thomas knows she&’s not the only person to have wondered whether throwing enough money and time and passion at something can make your dream come true. 41–Love is heartbreaking but frequently funny as Thomas finds she&’ll do anything to win—almost anything.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781640094772
Related ISBNs:: 9781640094765
Publisher:: Catapult
Date of Addition:: 01/04/22
Copyrighted By:: Scarlett Thomas
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.