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    612-822-4611

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Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia...and Rediscovered My Self

Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia...and Rediscovered My Self

Morariu, Corina
Rucker, Allen
King, Billie Jean

Paperback

Biographies GeneralCancerSelf-Help

ISBN10: 1401926495
ISBN13: 9781401926496
Publisher: Hay House
Published: Feb 15 2010
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.96 Depth: 9.12
Language: English

She was 23 and at the height of her professional tennis career--a top-30 singles player, the #1 ranked doubles player in the world in 2000, and the winner of Grand Slam titles at both Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport, and the Australian Open Mixed doubles in 2001.

Then, in May 2001, Corina Morariu was diagnosed with an advanced form of acute myelogenous leukemia and found herself in the match of a lifetime. After a grueling regimen of chemotherapy, Corina returned to competitive tennis 16 months after her diagnosis. She was named the WTA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2002, but the effects of the leukemia lingered. On the court, she struggled to come to terms with the cancer and two subsequent shoulder surgeries that diminished her physical capabilities as a tennis player. Off the court, she struggled to redefine herself in the wake of her trauma.

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