{"product_id":"seeing-serena-9781982127893","title":"Seeing Serena","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"a deep, satisfying meditation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe most consequential athlete of her time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women's tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and--by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others--changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams's influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Serena\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Williams's return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter--from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women's tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators--and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically--reflecting on her many, many facets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an \"enlightening...keen analysis\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena's singular status as the greatest women's tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982127893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.68d","brand":"Gerald Marzorati","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059349917877,"sku":"9781982127893","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_905d2e7f-7ee1-46e7-ac81-225e226d8f2a.jpg?v=1650342734","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seeing-serena-9781982127893","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}