{"product_id":"books-late-to-the-ball-by-gerald-marzorati","title":"Late to the Ball","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author attempts to become a nationally competitive tennis player--at the age of sixty--in this soulful meditation on aging, companionship, and the power of self-improvement (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeing a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren't old.yet. But we sense it coming: Careers are winding down, kids are gone, parents are dying (friends, too), and our bodies are no longer youthful or even middle-aged. Learning to play tennis in your fifties is no small feat, but becoming a serious, competitive tennis player at the age of sixty is a whole other matter. It requires training the body to defy age, and to methodically build one's game--the strokework, footwork, strategy, and mental toughness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerry Mazorati had the strong desire to lead an examined physical life, to push his body into the encore of middle age. In \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e Mazorati writes vividly about his difficulties, frustrations, and triumphs of becoming a seriously good tennis player. He takes on his quest with complete vigor and absolute determination to see it through, providing a rich, vicarious experience, involving the science of aging, his existential battle with time, and the beautiful, mysterious game of tennis. Enjoyable.crisp and clean (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLate to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is also captivating evidence that the rest of the Baby Boomer generation, now between middle age and old age, can find their own quest and do the same.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673136095505,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781476737416.jpg?v=1781523358","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-late-to-the-ball-by-gerald-marzorati","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}