Seeing Serena av Gerald Marzorati

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<b>A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines</b><b> biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer </b><b>“a deep, satisfying meditation” (<i>The New York Times</i>) on </b><b>the most consequential athlete of her time</b><b>.</b><BR><BR>There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and—by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others—changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more.<BR><BR><i>Seeing Serena</i> chronicles Williams’s return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter—from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi O