Double Fault (Five Star Paperback)

Married life starts well but soon gives way to full-tilt competition over who can rise to the top first. Driven and gifted, Willy maintains the lead until she severs her knee ligaments in a fall. As Willy recuperates, her ranking plummets whilst her husband's climbs, until he is eventually playing in the US Open. Anguished at falling short of her lifelong dream and resentful of her husband's success, Willy slides irresistibly toward the first quiet tragedy of her young life. 'A brilliant tale of doomed love..."Double Fault" is a compelling and playfully ironic take on the sex wars - "Observer Review". 'Shriver is a truly remarkable star in the literary firmament...I doubt there is any thoughtful woman who does not recognise herself somewhere in Shriver's writing - Lisa Jardine, "Financial Times".