Get Her Off The Pitch: How Sport Took Over My Life

Lynne Truss

ISBN 10: 0007305745 / ISBN 13: 9780007305742

Published by Fourth Estate an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, London, UK, 2009

About this Item

Firmly bound, clean with no writing inside. Minimal handling wear and a few marks. Some tanning to page edges. Jacket spine has some fading, not price-clipped. Print number series 'I'.

Seller Inventory # 035427

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Get Her Off The Pitch: How Sport Took Over My Life
• Publisher: Fourth Estate an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, London, UK
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007305745
• ISBN 13: 9780007305742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.

Get Her Off the Pitch! is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, spent four years as an unlikely sports writer for The Times. It was a job that took her around the world (via the most difficult journeys and least glamorous hotels) and introduced her to some of the greatest living sportsmen (and many argumentative men with clipboards).

During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, surprisingly); tried unsuccessfully to interpret bizarre commentary and memorize results statistics; wept at football matches and discovered a lasting love for golf. She was even nominated for Sports Writer of the Year.

Get Her Off the Pitch! is the hilarious, perceptive and at times moving account of those four strange years. It is perfect for those for whom sport is a matter of life and death, for those who have no idea what all the fuss is about – and for everyone in between.

About the Author

Lynne Truss is one of Britain’s most well-loved comic writers and is the author of the worldwide bestsellers ‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves’ and ‘Talk to the Hand’. She reviews for the Sunday Times and writes regularly for radio.