Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life
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Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26704421M
- ISBN-139780007305742
- ISBN-100007305745
- OCLC Control Number421778935
- OCLC Control Number973646249
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- Internet Archivegetheroffpitchho0000trus_o4x9
Classifications
- LCCGV742.42
Description
The story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss spent four years as an unlikely sports writer for The Times. It was a job that took her around the world (via the most difficult journeys and least glamorous hotels) and introduced her to some of the greatest living sportsmen (and many argumentative men with clipboards). During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorize results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love for golf. She was even nominated for Sports Writer of the Year. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the hilarious, perceptive and at times moving account of those four strange years.
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