Martina: The Lives and Times of Martina Navratilova

by Adrianne Blue

Book Overview

Included in Martina: The Lives and Times of Martina Navratilova are: Interviews on both sides of the Atlantic with people who have been important in Martina's private and professional lives, among... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559723009
• ISBN13: 9781559723008
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Who Knew.....

This is a must read. It is a real interesting story. Well written and amazing. I really enjoyed it.

The Greatest Tennis Player Of All Time

Here both the glorious victories and the struggles of Martina Navratilova are told sparing no detail. Author Adrianne Blue rightly praises her subject for all the tough challenges she has had to overcome and lets us see for ourselves how remarkable this true champion is. I have always admired Navratilova as a player and used to try to imitate her style in the return of serve (but I lacked the sheer power to make it work). I once met her and she was every bit as gracious as a teenager could ever want someone she admired to be. With all that in mind, it's easy to see why I was drawn to this book and why I found the stories of the oncourt victories and offcourt challenges met and overcome to be so inspirational. Martina, when weighed strictly in light of her career on the courts should be an A-list athletic celebrity, but as this book tells, she has had to fight against a number of prejudices just to merit a modicum of popular acclaim. Even Martina's very prowess at times seem to work against her and crowds sometimes booed her victories over bubbly Chris Evert, then the most popular female athlete in the US. I found this book to be both a criticism of the unlevel playing field that still exists in America today and also a celebration of tennis' all-time greatest champion, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to find out more about Martina Navratilova, professional sports, or the undercurrents of exclusion that make it clear winning is not all there is to pop culture acceptance.