But the writing of this autobiography was a team sport. Andre agassi said a pretty horrible thing to brooke shields in the middle of their nasty divorce back in the day. Open describes agassis personal odyssey with brio and unvarnished candor. Agassis careercomeback tale is inspiring but even more so is another open storyline. He also compiled one of the best records ever by an american in the davis cup. Andre agassi has written a tellall book about his life in tennis. Andre agassi on david letterman complete 12 youtube. Andre agassi destroyed trophies over brooke shields. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twentytwo agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and.
In open, agassi basks in his own spotlight the new york times. Revisiting open, andre agassis classic memoir about the. Earlier this week, shields discussed her exhusbands cruel threat during an interview with celebrity divorce attorney laura wasser. His relationship with brooke shields was not as glamorous as it. How andre agassi told her he was a meth addict the star reveals how she found out about her thenhusbands. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It is clear that andre and brooke are two incompatible personalities and one can hardly blame brooke shields for having taste for literature or adventurous sports but agassi has portrayed these as a flaw in brooke shields character. I was recommended this book as one of the best autobiographies ever written.
An autobiography by andre agassi reading guidebook. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. In singles, agassi is an eighttime grand slam champion and a 1996 olympic gold medalist, as well as being a runnerup in seven other grand slam tournaments during the open era, agassi was the first male player to win four australian open titles, a. Agassis style is open, all right, and his book, like so many of his tennis games, is a clear winner. Moehringer, has the same urgency, primarily because agassi has abandoned the familiar past tense of most books and employed the present tense. With unflinching honesty, agassi reveals that his seemingly charmed life as a tennis giant was one he deeply hated. The most intriguing, or amusing, thing about brooke shields new autobiography, there was a little girl, may be how she and andre agassi fell in love. During an interview with the today show in november 2009 to. I dont know how open he has really been about his life im willing to take his word for it though, but one thing hes opened for sure is a big ol. Even those not convinced that andre agassi was the best tennis player of his time will readily admit he outdid all others in attracting attention, beginning in the 1980s, when he was a teenage.
Four humiliating moments from andre agassis 60 minutes. The near the last quarter of the book, where he and brooke broke up and he got back to the game, was the turning point for me. In agassis autobiography open, published in 2009, he agrees that the lavish californian wedding was a mistake. To note, agassis own tome, open, is one of those bestever autobiographies, notably coauthored by pulitzer prize winner j.
From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Pdf open book by andre agassi free download 388 pages. Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. Along the way there are amusing incidents like a nineyearold.
Often ranked number one, he captured eight grand slam singles championships. How to be good at something you hate open andre agassi. In his powerful autobiography, open, tennis legend andre agassi shows us that the language of tennis is much akin to the language of lifeadvantage, service, fault, love. But while brooke shields and andre agassi parted ways more than a decade ago, underlying resentments rose to the surface during a discussion about divorce on the today show. Andre agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 388 pages and is available in hardcover format. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by andre agassi. Brooke shields addresses andre agassi honestly in new book. If andre agassis open is anything to go by, great tennis players. Countless athletes start charitable foundations, but frequently the organizations are just tax shelters or pr stunts. Brooke shields talks divorce from andre agassi huffpost life. Brooke shields dishes on former flame andre agassi in new book. Brooke shields opens up about her divorce from andre.
The book was widely hailed as a landmark entry in the arena of athletes self. Andre agassi has admitted that hes hated tennis throughout his career but still became one of the most successful and charismatic people ever to play the game. Agassis incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. Andre agassi on david letterman complete 12 theforehand. Brooke shields slams ex andre agassi over divorce on today.
Open largely reads like an account of a prolonged adolescencecomplete with a hummer and a muchdiscussed bout of crystalmeth usewith a grownup agassi finally emerging at the end. The theme of the book is, in fact, agassis overwhelming disdain for tennis. Agassi brings a nearphotographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. An autobiography by andre agassi, paperback barnes. Andre agassi thinks he has been open, but his memoir is best left closed. Open, an autobiography by andre agassi 9780007281435. An autobiography book online at best prices in india on. Andre agassi played tennis professionally from 1986 to 2006.
Andre agassi v pete sampras australian open 2000 semifinal. It wasnt until 1994, by which time he had won titles at wimbledon and the us open and was living with brooke shields, that agassi plucked up the courage to show his fuzzy skull to the world. An autobiography by andre agassi bookforum magazine. Andre agassi smashed his wimbledon cup and every tennis trophy he had after watching his thengirlfriend brooke shields in an intimate friends scene with matt leblanc, the actress revealed. For the first half of the book, i wasnt sure if i would like it. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twentytwo agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth.
Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twentytwo agassi had won the first of his eight grand. O, the oprah magazine hardwon selfknowledge irradiates almost every page of open. Carrie battan on andre agassis memoir, open, which sheds light on star tennis players and the celebrityindustrial complex. Brooke shields threw shade at her exhusband, tennis champion andre agassi, while discussing his wildly successful 2009 memoir, open. Andre agassi often says in open that tennis is a lonely game. Slim, who is at once fingered and not named in the book. When i picked up this book the name open suggested andre will discuss about his prolong tennis career, his rivalry with pete sampras and many nail biting matches at the 4 grand slams or the opens, but from the first page till the end it was more about agassis fight with his inner self, his projection to the outer world and how wins through. During a segment with celebrity divorce lawyer laura wasser, shields gave some insight into her split. Brooke shields revealed new details about her divorce from tennis player andre agassi while cohosting the today show thursday morning.
Andre agassi talks to about his autobiography, open, about. Open by andre agassi, 9780007281435, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But as i got to know andre better, i wanted to just follow along his journey. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Outside of betty agassi, the family treated brooke like crap. More than six years after it came out, brooke shields is still having her fun with andre agassis autobiography, open. Years later, as a tennis star married to brooke shields, hes irritated as he. Agassi wrote the autobiography open in 2009, and discussed his failed marriage.
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