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Book · 2009 · Andre Agassi (written with J. R. Moehringer)

'I play tennis for a living, even though I hate tennis.' Agassi said the quiet part for everyone living out their parents' dream. 🎾

Who it's for

Agassi opens by admitting he has always hated tennis, which gives readers who are trapped in a path someone else chose a startling permission to say the same out loud.

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What it is

Open is Andre Agassi's 2009 memoir, written with Pulitzer Prize-winning author J. R. Moehringer. Agassi reveals that despite his success he has long hated tennis, and describes a childhood in which his father pushed him to hit thousands of balls a day from a machine called 'the Dragon,' followed by being sent at 13 to a Florida tennis academy he experienced as a prison camp.

Where to find it

In print (Vintage paperback); widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an audiobook. Not public domain.

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Heads up: Emotionally abusive parenting; meth use.

Age: Ages 14+

Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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