Carrie Soto Is Back: A Novel

Product Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo“The perfect novel to close out your summer.”—The Washington Post“Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I’ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it.”—Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach ReadCarrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle-Axe” anyway. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet. Amazon.com Review An Amazon Best Book of September 2022: Taylor Jenkins Reid of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and The Six, and Malibu Rising fame, is back! And so is Carrie Soto. Carrie Soto—who fans might recall from Malibu Rising—has the winningest record of any female tennis player, and she is determined to hold onto it, even if it means coming out of retirement, wrecking her reputation, and losing her endorsements. Yes, this book revolves around tennis, but the best part is Carrie’s fiery, unapologetically ambitious energy and her heartwarming relationship with her dad, who is also her coach. Carrie Soto Is Back brilliantly captures the double-standards powerful women face and offers a euphoric portrait of a woman who dares to follow her dream. Get ready to root for Carrie in what can only be described as another ace from Taylor Jenkins Reid. —Al Woodworth, Amazon Editor Review “Carrie Soto [Is Back] . . . is like other sports novels in which underdogs punch, volley, bat and birdie their way to victory or additional defeat, but it goes beyond this to explore sexism and racism in the tennis world in the 1990s. . . . This novel will grab you. You’ll tear through blow-by-blow descriptions of championship matches on some of the most famous tennis courts in the world. . . . It’s the perfect novel to close out your summer.”—The Washington Post“An epic story about bravery, endurance, but also the power of vulnerability.”—BuzzFeed“The books in Reid’s famous women quartet stand alone. . . . But each of the books centers a vibrant protagonist managing the tensions between her glamorous life in the public eye and the pressures she feels in private . . . with Reid meticulously collecting minute yet meaningful details to help build immersive worlds. . . . In detailing Carrie Soto’s evolving feelings about her tennis career, Reid underlines the toll that living under that kind of pressure can take.”—Time “Reid . . . draws on the lives of actual tennis pros (think Serena, Sharapova) to build a world of believable rivalries and i