Open is a superb memoir, but it hardly closes the books on an extraordinary life.' For Agassi helping others has instead become his life's calling. Countless athletes start charitable foundations, but frequently the organizations are just tax shelters or PR stunts. career-comeback tale is inspiring but even more so is another Open storyline. Open describes Agassi's personal odyssey with brio and unvarnished candor. Agassi's memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.' An unvarnished, at times inspiring story in an arresting, muscular style. Check-it's one of the better memoirs out there, period. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and-described in haunting, point-by-point detail-the highs and lows of his celebrated career.Ī New York Times Notable Book and a Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, and Washington Post Best Book of the Year 'Agassi may have just penned one of the best sports autobiographies of all time. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors.

Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, 'Open' is a treat forboth ardent fans and those who know nothing about tennis.įar more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. About the Book From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of themost gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, comes a beautiful, hauntingautobiography.

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