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Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.
Product details
Publisher : Picador India (27 October 2023); Picador India
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 8119300157
ISBN-13 : 978-8119300150
Item Weight : 200 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm
Importer : Picador India
Packer : Picador India
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #52,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#2 in Squash & Racquetball
#4,335 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
Customer Reviews: 3.9
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