num_pages: 272
description: A riveting chronicle of trailblazing tennis champion and cultural icon Serena Williamss turbulent 2019 tour season and a revealing portrait of who she is both on and off the court.Serena Williams is an undisputed global sports celebrity. Ranked #12 on ESPNs 2018 World Fame 100 list of popular athletes thirty-seven-year-old Serena Williams is the only female in the top 20 and shes one of the highest paid athletes in the world. The face of womens tennis for the past two decades Serena is now waging battles on multiple frontsagainst age injuries and opponents almost twenty years her junior all while juggling her responsibilities as a new mom. Seeing Serena is an in-depth chronicle of Serena Williams return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter and an insightful cultural analysis of the most consequential female athlete of her time. Author Gerald Marzorati shadows her through her 2019 season from Melbourne and the Australian Open to Roland-Garros and Wimbledon and on to the US Open as she seeks her 24th Grand Slam singles title. He writers about her tennis and her forays into fashion investing and developing her personal brand on social media. Seeing Serena illuminates Williamss singular status as the greatest womens tennis player of all time andin a moment when race and gender are the most talked-about topics in America and beyonda pop icon like no other. Marzorati is on the scene observing her matches and talking to her her coach her competitors and former greats who have witnessed her for years. He observes her listens to her studies her explores her roles in society and historysees Serena fully in all the ways she has come to matter.
language: English
title: Seeing Serena
publisher: Scribner