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It was fine, very readable and told in a simple style but without much heart or chemistry in a lot of the characters. Mursell commented: "I am so thrilled to be publishing Judy Murray’s brilliant debut at Orion Fiction. The characters were appealing, but I would have enjoyed more depth, a bit more juice extracted from the Georgie and (especially) Max characters. She became Scottish National Coach in 1995, the same year that she became the first woman to pass the Lawn Tennis Association's Performance Coach Award. I wasn't 100% sure about reading this book, but as a huge tennis fan, I decided to take a chance and used an audible credit to listen to it.
In 2011 Judy was appointed Captain of the British Fed Cup and has used this role to grow the profile and numbers in women's tennis as well as increase and improve the female coach workforce. I do love tennis so that probably warmed me to the theme, but I wouldn’t have thought it would affect your enjoyment whether you knew much about or not. She initiated the Scottish National Development Schools programme targeting 20 kids age 8 to 11, which ultimately produced four Davis Cup players and one Fed Cup player, including her Grand-Slam-winning sons, Jamie and Andy. That was ok but it did get tiresome, then there was the backstory which went back and forwards throughout the whole book.Fascinating tidbits about the world of pro-tennis and how Wimbledon works, and about how it feels to be behind the scenes.
This is the tennis book I have been wanting to read all my tennis-obsessed bookworm life - and it was absolutely worth the wait. It was perfectly timed to read alongside Wimbledon fortnight and I admire Judy Murray for her foray into something different by writing, but sadly it fell really flat for me. Twenty years ago, Abigail Patterson put her promising tennis career on hold to have her baby son, Robbie. I’m fortunate to live very close to a leisure club [in Perthshire, Scotland] that has a fabulous gym, steam room, and swimming pool. Positives - a lovely insight to behind the scenes of the Wimbledon location itself, the changing rooms and players spaces, Abi as the main character was ‘nice’ and you did root for her yet I couldn’t help feel she could’ve been more impactful.Biography: Judy Murray is a former Scottish international tennis player with 64 national titles to her name. Judy is a powerful voice in the battle for equality of opportunity for women in sport and was awarded an OBE for services to tennis, women in sport and charity. I really enjoyed reading this book which considering I don't like books that go backwards and forwards is saying something. This wasn't as good as I'd hoped, the story was as you expect more about tennis and the Wimbledon championship. Yet as those long-buried dreams of lifting the sparkling silver trophy on centre court inch closer, Abi knows that it’s only a matter of time before the press start digging into her past and uncover the secret she’s kept hidden for so long.
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