Martina : Autobiography

Navratilova, Martina, Vecsey, George

ISBN 10: 0394536401 / ISBN 13: 9780394536408

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1985

Bibliographic Details

Title: Martina : Autobiography

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Edition: Revised.

About this title

Synopsis:

Depicts the personal life of Martina Navratilova and describes her struggle to achieve success as a tennis player

From the Inside Flap:

r been an athlete like her. Born and raised in Czechoslovakia, Martina Navratilova knew by the age of ten that she wanted to be a Wimbledon champion -

- and a U.S. citizen. She would attain her goals and so much more -- but not before her incredible life unfolded in ways not even she could have dared

imagine.

MARTINA is more than the thrilling story of an unparalleled career in the tough, sexy world of women's tennis. It is a startling tale of love (with famed

novelist Rita Mae Brown), tragedy (her father "disappeared" when Martina was eight, and only later did she learn the true cause of his death), and

personal as well as professional triumph. It includes fascinating, intimate portraits of the greats of women's tennis -- King, Evert, Casals, Austin -- plus

revealing glimpses of her working relationship with basketball star Nancy Lieberman.

Emotion. Grit. Intensity. Integrity. Martina's shown them all from Flushing Meadows to Wimbledon, from Dallas to Paris to Sydney to Prague. H