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Sudden Death

A Novel

Rita Mae Brown

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English
Bantam USA
31 March 1999
Outrageous, irrepressible and endlesslyentertaining, the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungleand Bingo spins a behind-the-scenes tale of women'sprofessional tennis that dramtically intertwinesthe heart-stopping excitement of competition andthe lingering heartache of intimate human bonds.

Carmen Semanan loves three things passionalty-tennis, money and professor Harriet Rawls. Justtwenty-four, Carmen is at her peak as one of theworld's top-seeded tennis champions, determined to winthe coveted Grand Slam. She is protected fromeverything but the grueling demands of her sport by anavericious agent and her devoted gusty Harriet.

All the odds are in her favor. But there are weedsgrowing in her paradise patch. Carmen's vey latinbrother, Miguel, parlays her succes into afinancial house of cards with deals that includesmuggling, forgery, and fraud. Susan Reilly, Carmen'sarchrival and former lover, leaks word of Carms'srelationship with Harriet to the press--and tennis'sbest-kept secret is blown into a front-pagescandal. From the French Open to Wimbledon, jealousies,ambitions and passions are set to explode. Now,with everything she cherishes on the line, Carmenmust test the true depths of her feelings-both onand off the court.
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Imprint:   Bantam USA
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 171mm,  Width: 105mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   142g
ISBN:   9780553269307
ISBN 10:   0553269305
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and Six of One, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

Reviews for Sudden Death: A Novel

"""If you thought Nora  Ephron's Heartburn has cornered the  market on true hearbreak, thinly veiled, make room  for Sudden Death. . . .it not  only chops the stars of women's professional tennis  down to size; it tackles the whole pro tennis  establishment.""--The Washington Post."


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