Carrie Soto Is Back
From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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4.3 • 194 Ratings
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Publisher Description
***Featuring the exclusive first chapter from upcoming novel ATMOSPHERE***
From the bestselling author of MALIBU RISING, DAISY JONES & THE SIX and THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO
'It made me cry twice, and when I finished reading, I had to sit for a minute with the hole it left in my chest . . . just order it' EMILY HENRY
'A crowd-pleaser. Taylor Jenkins Reid captures all the sweat, rivalry and glamour of elite sport' THE TIMES
'Jenkins Reid has written yet another page turner . . . [it] will have you hooked' INDEPENDENT
Carrie Soto is the greatest player the world has ever seen.
But six years after her last match, she watches a young British tennis player steal her world record - and Carrie knows she has to go back and reclaim her rightful place at the top. Even if the world doesn't believe in her. Even if it almost breaks her.
This is a story about the cost of greatness and the burden of fame.
The fight for a place in history is about to begin . . .
'It artfully combines the heady glamour of elite sport with questions about what happens when we find ourselves winning professionally, but losing personally' STYLIST
'One of my favourite authors ever . . . I don't think I've ever felt so strongly about an author' FEARNE COTTON
'A portrait of female ambition in all its raw and divine glory, Carrie Soto will stay with you long after the last page is turned' ERIN KELLY
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Sunday Times bestseller, April 2023
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid will enjoy the style and drama of Carrie Soto Is Back, as the author who previously examined wealth and fame in old Hollywood and the ’70s rock’n’roll scene turns her attention to the heights of women’s tennis. It’s 1994 and retired tennis star Carrie Soto is no longer comfortable with just 20 Grand Slam titles to her name. So, at 37 years of age, she exits retirement and launches a comeback to chase down one last title. Told primarily in the first person but dotted with interview transcripts, the story is brilliantly written, neatly folding together a fast-paced sports drama with a layered character study about ambition and vulnerability. You don’t have to be a tennis fan to revel in the tense and tumultuous ride that is Carrie’s final year as a pro.
Customer Reviews
Champions keep playing until they get it right (Billie Jean King)
3.5 stars
Thirty-something American writer (TJR to the aficionados) of what was relatively unmemorable chicklit until her fifth title, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017), in which she raised both her game, and her book sales, considerably. It and Ms Reid’s subsequent efforts—Daisy Jones & The Six (2019), Malibu Rising (2021) and this one—have characters, places, magazines etc in common: the TJR-o-verse, according to some. (Not me.)
Carrie’s affair with the tennis champion husband of the main character was one of several scandals in Malibu Rising. Here, we learn of her origins as the talented and fiercely determined daughter of an Argentinian tennis player turned coach living in California with an Anglo wife (prepare for some overlap with the biopic about the Williams sisters), to the top of women’s professional tennis in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
She retired due to injury and resultant loss of of form, with the most grand slams ever. Five years on, our gal and her Dad are in the stands at Flushing Meadow when a mixed race (Chinese-English) player from the UK ties her record, apparently on course to break it the following season. At 37, Carrie decides to make a comeback. Read the book to find out if she succeeds, and to learn about life on the professional tennis tour. Possibly more than you would wish to.
Ms Reid writes well, although it sometimes feels as if she’s writing the same book over and over. FTR, Daisy Jones is still my favourite.
Carrie Soto absolutely rips
Frothed.
Excellent as always
Taylor Jenkins Reid never fails to impress me with her writing. I have been obsessed with all of her books. They are all so moving, interesting and gripping. It was great to read about Carrie as her own real character, and I love how Taylor connects some of her books, very subtly. Wonderful read overall!