{"product_id":"late-to-the-ball-age-learn-fight-love-play-tennis-win","title":"Late to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win.","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLate to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGerald Marzorati\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781476737393\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAn award-winning author shares the inspiring and entertaining account of his pursuit to become a nationally competitive tennis player--at the age of sixty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeing a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren't old...yet. But we sense it coming: Careers are winding down, kids are gone, parents are dying (friends, too), and our bodies are no longer youthful or even middle-aged. Learning to play tennis in your fifties is no small feat, but becoming a serious, competitive tennis player at the age of sixty is a whole other matter. It requires training the body to defy age, and to methodically build one's game--the strokework, footwork, strategy, and mental toughness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerry Mazorati started playing the game seriously in his mid-fifties. He had the strong desire to lead an examined physical life, to push his body into the \"encore\" of middle age. In \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e Mazorati writes vividly about the difficulties, frustrations, and the triumphs of his becoming a seriously good tennis player. He takes on his quest with complete vigor and absolute determination to see it through, providing a rich, vicarious experience involving the science of aging, his existential battle with time, and the beautiful, mysterious game of tennis. \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is also captivating evidence that the rest of the Baby Boomer generation, now between middle age and old age, can find their own quest and do the same.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Late to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win. | Gerald Marzorati | Hardcover | 9781476737393 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1644149","offer_id":48700545171608,"sku":"1644149","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71gRkIGm82L.jpg?v=1773771780","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/late-to-the-ball-age-learn-fight-love-play-tennis-win","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}