{"product_id":"9781476737416","title":"Late to the Ball: A Journey into Tennis and Aging","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027422003440,"sku":"9781476737416","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476737416_p0.jpg?v=1763609691","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476737416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}