Genre-
Romance | Biography | Drama | Best Seller | Contemporary Fiction | Fiction
Audiobook Summary-
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a heartwarming and haunting novel about rivalry, perseverance, and restoring faded glory. The book is based on Carrie Soto, who is a former tennis champion retired in her 40s when she returns from retirement to retake her record after it gets broken by one of her opponents. Renowned for her toughness and unyielding determination, Carrie has to face physical as well as emotional challenges in her battle to demonstrate that she is still the best. In the course of the novel, Carrie's complicated relationships with her father, her coach, and the men in her life uncover her weaknesses and insecurities. While training for her return, Carrie has to deal with criticism, self-doubt, and pressure of living up to her earlier fame. Still, in all of this, she learns to control her own identity outside of the court. Carrie Soto Is Back is as much a sports novel as it is a profoundly human journey into ambition, love, and the fear of obscurity. The poignant writing of Jenkins Reid brings alive Carrie's progression, telling the compelling story of individual growth and redemption.