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Unstoppable

My Life so Far

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Unstoppable

By: Maria Sharapova
Narrated by: Maria Sharapova
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Unstoppable written and read by Maria Sharapova.

The fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova

In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right.

This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography, telling her story from her roots in the small Siberian town her parents fled to after the Chernobyl disaster, through her arrival in the US with nothing and her phenomenal rise to success - winning Wimbledon aged just seventeen - to the disasters that threatened her career and her fight back. Here the five-time Grand Slam winner gives us candid insights into her relationship with her father, who gave up his job and life in Russia to dedicate himself to his daughter; the truth behind her famous rivalry with Serena Williams; the injuries and suspension controversy that threatened to end it all; and her recent battle to get back on court.

Told with the same combative, no-holds-barred attitude as her game, it's a story of crazy luck, mistakes, rivalries, sacrifice, survival and, above all, the constant, unwavering determination to win.

©2017 Maria Sharapova (P)2017 Penguin Audio
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Critic Reviews

An illuminating account ... Unstoppable is about everything that made Sharapova the kind of unflappable competitor who wouldn't let a 15-month service interruption, or the very vocal disapproval of her peers, come between her and her ambition. This is the bildungsroman of a controversial champion, a portrait of the athlete as an uncommonly driven young woman (Julia Felsenthal)
A fascinating and well-written insight into her struggles, triumphs, obsession with Williams, Russian pessimism and the roots of that famous haughtiness (Simon Hattenstone)
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This was an awesome book as good if not better than Agassi’s OPEN. What an amazing champion on and of the court she is. A true measure of character is when you have been kicked when you are down and to rise full of fight and fire. She’s is a true Phoenix. I can’t wait to watch her win her next French and then beat Serena at Wimbledon.

Courage under fire

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I loved the book. It gives great insights into Maria’s life and after this book I respect her even more. It contains beautiful story about a family, about tennis and about live and friendship. At times it even felt as if Mariia herself narrates the book.

so enjoyable!

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I really enjoyed listening to this book, to hear her side of the story, great.

Great read!

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This book offered a great insight into Maria’s life - the challenges she’s had to overcome, her success as a professional athlete and the person that she is today. From the moment I started listening, I was hooked. Such a fantastic read !

Highly recommend !!

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Great story from an amazing athlete. Maria reading it made it very special and emotional.

Loved it!

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Highly recommended. Brilliant story, even if not a Tennis fan. Beautifully written & read. Congratulations Maria!!!!

Must listen.

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