Well as with any celebrity we are very intent on knowing what they undergo, how they have to come to be the Superstars that they are. Perhaps the stars also know it, as the narrative never drifts to describing in entirety any given situation. The same is the case with Serena Williams: My Life Queen of the court co-authored/authored by Daniel Paisner. What strikes you from the chapters about her childhood is the fact that, she will certainly come out with another book after her career ends
Well coming to the book itself, Serena has a habit of maintaining a match/tournament journal. She starts every chapter with one of the match entries and the common thread through all of it is the SMS language. There are a lot of things that go against the prototype we have of her. The way she describes the struggles is almost pleasure-like and it certainly would have been tougher than that (maybe as said earlier, she has stored that away for another book). The chapters are almost arranged chronologically, except for the Indiana Wells tournament which comes before the chapter that charters her professional growth
What is most refreshing to see is the way she describes her inner thoughts about her competition with her sister Venus Williams. Starting from the envious description of her garnering father's attention to the newspaper article which described Venus as a child prodigy and herself relegated to the shadows. In a cliched manner, she says Venus is the better player. She describes the US Open quarter-final match up in such a way that even though Venus was a greater player, she was a little better than her. She also describes her eldest sister Tunde in an affectionate manner. She also openly admits of crying on numerous occasions
For all of the gossip-mongers in us, she describes the failed love-story and how it propelled her towards the Serena Slam. Confirming the doubts that were set at the outset, she confirms in the concluding pages that she will come out with another book but opinions might differ at that time 'cos she would have grown up then and would have a different perspective of things
Well coming to the book itself, Serena has a habit of maintaining a match/tournament journal. She starts every chapter with one of the match entries and the common thread through all of it is the SMS language. There are a lot of things that go against the prototype we have of her. The way she describes the struggles is almost pleasure-like and it certainly would have been tougher than that (maybe as said earlier, she has stored that away for another book). The chapters are almost arranged chronologically, except for the Indiana Wells tournament which comes before the chapter that charters her professional growth
What is most refreshing to see is the way she describes her inner thoughts about her competition with her sister Venus Williams. Starting from the envious description of her garnering father's attention to the newspaper article which described Venus as a child prodigy and herself relegated to the shadows. In a cliched manner, she says Venus is the better player. She describes the US Open quarter-final match up in such a way that even though Venus was a greater player, she was a little better than her. She also describes her eldest sister Tunde in an affectionate manner. She also openly admits of crying on numerous occasions
For all of the gossip-mongers in us, she describes the failed love-story and how it propelled her towards the Serena Slam. Confirming the doubts that were set at the outset, she confirms in the concluding pages that she will come out with another book but opinions might differ at that time 'cos she would have grown up then and would have a different perspective of things
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