Sudden Death: A NovelOutrageous, irrepressible and endlessly entertaining, the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle and Bingo spins a behind-the-scenes tale of women's professional tennis that dramtically intertwines the heart-stopping excitement of competition and the lingering heartache of intimate human bonds. Carmen Semanan loves three things passionalty: tennis, money and professor Harriet Rawls. Just twenty-four, Carmen is at her peak as one of the world's top-seeded tennis champions, determined to win the coveted Grand Slam. She is protected from everything but the grueling demands of her sport by an avericious agent and her devoted gusty Harriet. All the odds are in her favor. But there are weeds growing in her paradise patch. Carmen's vey latin brother, Miguel, parlays her succes into a financial house of cards with deals that include smuggling, forgery, and fraud. Susan Reilly, Carmen's archrival and former lover, leaks word of Carms's relationship with Harriet to the press--and tennis's best-kept secret is blown into a front-page scandal. From the French Open to Wimbledon, jealousies, ambitions and passions are set to explode. Now, with everything she cherishes on the line, Carmen must test the true depths of her feelings-both on and off the court. |
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User Review - lilithcat - LibraryThingThis book is a "horrid example". The author and Martina Navratilova were, for a time, a very public couple. Then they broke up. And Brown made the fatal error of writing a roman-à-clef. This is always ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 15 |
Section 2 | 37 |
Section 3 | 59 |
Section 4 | 83 |
Section 5 | 97 |
Section 6 | 123 |
Section 7 | 149 |
Section 8 | 161 |
Section 9 | 183 |
Section 10 | 207 |
Section 11 | 225 |
Section 12 | 231 |
Section 13 | 242 |
Section 14 | 243 |
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