Knowing the score : my family and our tennis story /
by Murray, Judy; Heminsley, Alexandra.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2017Description: xi, 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781784741792 (hbk.) :; 1784741795 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 MURSubject(s): Murray, Judy | Murray, Andy, 1987- | Murray, Jamie | Tennis coaches -- Scotland -- Biography | Women tennis players -- Scotland -- Biography | Tennis players -- Scotland -- Biography | Biography | BiographySummary: What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray's extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to hostile press conferences and entrenched sexism.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Includes index.
What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray's extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to hostile press conferences and entrenched sexism.
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