Calling the shots : my autobiography
by
 
Barker, Sue.

Title
Calling the shots : my autobiography

Author
Barker, Sue.

ISBN
9781529149043

Personal Author
Barker, Sue.

Publication Date
2023
 
2022

Physical Description
329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm

General Note
Originally published: 2022.
 
Includes index.

Abstract
Rewind to 1971, and Sue Barker's coach is sending his 15-year-old tennis protégé to a junior championship in France, alone, with a one-way ticket, telling her she'd have to win the money to pay for her return fare. Sue hides in the grounds of the hosting tennis club overnight, to avoid paying for a hotel. The next day, she walks onto court and smashes it. Five years later, and she's Britain's No 1. The same combination of grit, grace and talent took her to the top of live Sports TV. And now, after four decades on camera encouraging other legends to share their stories, she is telling her own. Going all in for her once-only autobiography, Sue takes us inside the showbizzy world of 70s and early 80s tennis, dating the stars, hitting the headlines. She reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers.

Personal Subject
Barker, Sue.

Subject Term
Women tennis players -- Great Britain -- Biography.
 
Tennis players -- Great Britain -- Biography.
 
Women sportscasters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
 
Sportscasters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
 
Biography.

Added Author
Edworthy, Sarah.


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Maida Vale LibrarySPO 796.342092Book30117804636260Adult lending
Marylebone LibrarySPO 796.342092Book30117804633671Adult lending
St John's Wood LibrarySPO 796.342092Book30117804632731Adult lending