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Rafa, June 2012
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Hyperion
June 2012
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Featuring: Rafa
288 pages
ISBN: 1401310923
EAN: 9781401310929
Kindle: B005FRF6PC
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Non-Fiction Memoir
What makes a champion What does it take to be the best in
the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest players in the history of
tennis, has the answers. In his memoir, written with
award-winning journalist John Carlin, he reveals the secrets
of his game and shares the inspiring personal story behind
his success. It begins in Mallorca, a small island on the
Mediterranean Sea, where the tight-knit Nadal family has
lived for generations. Coached by his uncle Toni from the
age of four, taught humility and respect by his parents,
cherished by his exceptionally close extended family, Nadal
has managed the uncommon feat of becoming an acclaimed
global celebrity while remaining an unfailingly gracious,
relentlessly hardworking role model for people in all walks
of life. Since he embarked on his tennis career ten years ago, the
twenty-five-year-old Nadal has had a meteoric rise, becoming
the youngest professional tennis player ever to win all four
Grand Slam titles. He collected his first one, the French
Open, in 2005 at age nineteen, and from there went on to win
Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and, most difficult of all,
the U.S. Open in 2010. His memoir takes us behind the
scenes, sharing the highs and lows of his career, from
winning the Wimbledon 2008 final, described by John McEnroe
as “the greatest game of tennis” he had ever seen, to the
family problems that brought him low in 2009 and the
numerous injuries that have threatened his career. With candor, heart, and intelligence, Rafael Nadal takes
readers on his life’s dramatic and triumphant journey, never
losing sight along the way of the prize he values above all
others: the unity and love of his family.
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