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Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever ... In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.

Adalbert Stifters roman Sensommer (1857) er den tysksprogede litteraturs store, utopiske dannelsesroman, skrevet i genrens absolutte sensommer. Vi følger købmandssønnen Heinrich Drendorfs beretning om sit liv fra barndom og ungdom til manddom og ægteskab. Som gæst på den erfarne friherre von Risachs gods udvikler Heinrich sin personlighed og sine evner i omgangen med en række mennesker, og frem af den lidt for selvglade ungersvend vokser med tiden en mere vidende, men også mere ydmyg mand. Romanen udfolder oplysningstidens ideal om det lykkelige, nyttige og sociale menneske. Gennem sine erfaringer inden for videnskab og kunst, musik og natur, historie og tradition, og ikke mindst menneskeligt fællesskab og stormende forelskelse, personificerer Heinrich dét, vi i dag ville kalde det gode, meningsfulde liv. Sensommer er på den ene side dannelsestraditionens store manifest og på den anden side Stifters lovprisning af ungdommelig forelskelse og moden kærlighed, skrevet til inspiration og efterlevelse – dengang som i dag.