carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

Carrie begins training for the French Open. She is frustrated, but Javier tries to convince her to see how well she did. She progresses through several rounds but loses to Cortez. The first tournament Carrie plays in 1995 is the Australian Open. Carrie slept with Bowe during her initial run, and she is hesitant at first, but he convinces her to practice together. Her agent, Gwen Davis, helps set Carrie up with a practice hitter, another tennis professional named Bowe Huntley. In 1994, Carrie begins training with Javier. However, her knee is injured, and she retires in 1989. In 1987, Carrie sets the record for most singles Slam titles. Fearing further rejection, she pushes men away. She has an affair with a married tennis player, but he ultimately leaves Carrie. Meanwhile, Carrie has repeated “flings” with men. Lars helps her to become number one in the world, but he also encourages her to jump a lot when she plays, which injures her knee. They argue, and Carrie leaves Javier for another coach named Lars van de Berg. Javier, worried for Carrie, apologizes for pressuring her and says that tennis does not have a “best” player. Stepanova remains ahead of her in the ranking, and Carrie is obsessed with being number one in the world.

Carrie also garners a reputation for being cold and ruthless, earning her the nickname the “Battle Axe.” She wins her first Grand Slam and then three more before she turns 20. By now, Javier has instilled in her an insatiable need to win and to achieve her status as the greatest.Īt her first tournament, she meets Paulina Stepanova, and they quickly become bitter rivals. He tells her that she will be the greatest player of all time, comparing her to Achilles of The Iliad.Ĭarrie rapidly improves and enters the main women’s tour in tennis. When Carrie’s mother dies in a car accident, Javier throws himself (and Carrie) into tennis. Carrie plays tennis from a very young age. He came from Argentina, where he was a professional tennis player. The novel flashes back to Carrie’s childhood, beginning with Javier’s immigration to the United States in 1953. When Nicki wins, Carrie decides to return to tennis with her father as her coach once again.

If Nicki wins, she will have tied Carrie’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles, which Carrie first set before her retirement in 1989. Carolina “Carrie” Soto sits with her father Javier watching tennis players Nicki Chan and Ingrid Cortez face off in the final of the tournament. This study guide is based on the 2022 edition published by Ballantine Books.

Carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid