Get Her Off the Pitch!
September 29th 2009 05:48
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Get Her Off the Pitch!
A hilarious new book from the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Get Her Off the Pitch!
How Sport Took Over My Life
Lynne Truss
Get Her Off the Pitch! is 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 - as well as 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 memorise results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love of 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. It is perfect for those for whom sport is a matter of life and death, for those who have no idea what all the fuss is about - and for everyone in between.
Praise for Eats, Shoots and Leaves:
Get Her Off the Pitch!
How Sport Took Over My Life
Lynne Truss
If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood
FRANK MCCOURT
FRANK MCCOURT
Get Her Off the Pitch! is 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 - as well as 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 memorise results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love of 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. It is perfect for those for whom sport is a matter of life and death, for those who have no idea what all the fuss is about - and for everyone in between.
Praise for Eats, Shoots and Leaves:
This book will stimulate and satisfy. It's worth its weight in gold
Independent
Independent
Lynne Truss deserves to be piled high with honours
Sunday Times
Sunday Times
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