Between Overs
eBook - ePub

Between Overs

(Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023)

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Between Overs

(Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023)

About this book

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**

The 1970s in the East Midlands was a decade of mediocrity. As a young girl growing up there, Michéle Savidge seemed destined for a prosaic life. But everything changed when as a 12-year-old she saw Viv Richards bat. At that moment, she fell in love with Richards and with West Indies cricket. She set her sights on becoming a cricket journalist and realised that dream in spite of the obstacles in her way. Between Overs is an elegiac, often comedic, romp through the trials Michéle faced. It includes outrageous 'Me Too' incidents, in-depth appraisals of her hero Viv Richards and a close encounter with actor Peter O'Toole. Births, life, bereavement and depression took her away from the sport she loved. But the 2019 Cricket World Cup, a purple and green polyester tracksuit and the intense climax of the final at Lord's saw the old flame rekindled and taught Michéle how to love life - and cricket - again.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781801502313
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. The End: A Week Before the Funeral
  6. The Beginning : Opening the Batting. A village in Somerset, Summer 1973
  7. 1. Careers For Girls
  8. 2. Is He Asleep? The World Cup Final 1983
  9. 3. #Who? Me? #Me Too
  10. 4. The Man I Would Have Run Away With
  11. 5. Heroes Don’t Have to Wear Capes. Sometimes They Wear Batting Gloves
  12. 6. You Burn, I Earn. A Pilgrimage to Antigua
  13. 7. Trent Bridge, a Lotus-Land for Batsmen … and My Father
  14. 8. This Is Not a Space … And My Mother
  15. 9. Get In The Car. The World Cup Final 2019
  16. 10. The Corridor of Uncertainty
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Photos