{"product_id":"9781526668516","title":"The Striker and the Clock","description":"Author: Cloepfil, Georgia\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526668516\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athletics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will appeal to readers ready and willing to embrace the deep affinities among the craft and discipline of sport' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Striker and the Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, Georgia Cloepfil tells the story of her life in football- the triumph, the exhilaration, the deep bonds between teammates, and also the years of self-denial, exile and dedication, in which players try in vain to outpace a clock that ticks down toward an indeterminate ending.\u003cbr\u003eThreading between floodlit pitches, sparse dorm rooms, and doctor's offices, Cloepfil outlines an obsessive pursuit- one that sees her begin each day by touching the ball a thousand times, running sprints alone on empty fields and practicing near-constant visualization and revisualization of triumph and despair.\u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges is a profound meditation on what it is to have a body, and what it is to have the compulsion to push it to do the near impossible; and a love letter to the motivations, joys, pains and desires of a beautiful game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Georgia Cloepfil has written a nimble, breathtaking book about the beautiful game, and about her beautiful, brutal life playing it' Louisa Thomas, sports writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'With the deft and determined movements of a seasoned player, Georgia Cloepfil writes about what it means to endure and what it means to leave a sport behind' Leanne Shapton\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643237060766,"sku":"UBD-9781526668516","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526668516.jpg?v=1774485021","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526668516","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}