{"product_id":"late-to-the-ball-a-journey-into-tennis-and-aging-9781476737416","title":"Late to the Ball: A Journey Into Tennis and Aging","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author attempts to become a nationally competitive tennis player--at the age of sixty--in this \"soulful meditation on aging, companionship, and the power of self-improvement\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeing a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren't old...yet. But we sense it coming: Careers are winding down, kids are gone, parents are dying (friends, too), and our bodies are no longer youthful or even middle-aged. Learning to play tennis in your fifties is no small feat, but becoming a serious, competitive tennis player at the age of sixty is a whole other matter. It requires training the body to defy age, and to methodically build one's game--the strokework, footwork, strategy, and mental toughness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerry Mazorati had the strong desire to lead an examined physical life, to push his body into the \"encore\" of middle age. In \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e Mazorati writes vividly about his difficulties, frustrations, and triumphs of becoming a seriously good tennis player. He takes on his quest with complete vigor and absolute determination to see it through, providing a rich, vicarious experience, involving the science of aging, his existential battle with time, and the beautiful, mysterious game of tennis. \"Enjoyable...crisp and clean\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is also captivating evidence that the rest of the Baby Boomer generation, now between middle age and old age, can find their own quest and do the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Marzorati is the author of\u003ci\u003e Late to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir about becoming a serious tennis player later in life. He writes regularly about tennis for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e from 2003 to 2010. He previously worked as an editor at the \u003ci\u003eSoho News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. His first book, \u003ci\u003eA Painter of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, won the PEN\/Martha Albrand award for a first book of nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649979289874,"sku":"9781476737416","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb7b3e6d-0d3d-449e-a0ca-40e20c14a4d1.jpg?v=1733279502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/late-to-the-ball-a-journey-into-tennis-and-aging-9781476737416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}