Very average 2.5 rounded up to 3 because I can't find enough fault with it to be a 2 star. It was fine, very readable and told in a simple style but without much heart or chemistry in a lot of the characters. I did enjoy the story, even if you could see what was coming a mile off, I think tighter writing could have kept that a bit more hidden. I really wanted to love this book. It was perfectly timed to read alongside Wimbledon fortnight and I admire Judy Murray for her foray into something different by writing, but sadly it fell really flat for me. It was predictable from beginning to end, which can be okay in a book like this if the writing is great - unfortunately, it’s not. There’s so much ‘tell’ rather than ‘show’. It felt like the end was written in a rush, three really obvious typos - the plural of a word in error, completely wrong spelling of another and a sentence which had been repeated within itself. Again, these wee things are easy to overlook when the story has you completely immersed. I felt I was skim reading this in the end just to get it finished. Positives - a lovely insight to behind the scenes of the Wimbledon location itself, the changing rooms and players spaces, Abi as the main character was ‘nice’ and you did root for her yet I couldn’t help feel she could’ve been more impactful. Downsides? It felt like a half hearted attempt to show the dark side of coaching in sports, but didn’t really hit the mark. Predictable, lazy bits of the story to tie things up, it just felt meh. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Please review our

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The Open University is proud to sponsor Judy Murray: The Wild Card in conversation with Nicola Meighan, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023. How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices. This week: Judy Murray 6am I love going out to eat, or driving into Edinburgh or Glasgow to see a musical. Jersey Boys is my favourite, I think I’ve seen it seven or eight times. 10pm Save The White Heather Ceilidh Club at Bonnie & Wild to your collection. Share The White Heather Ceilidh Club at Bonnie & Wild with your friends.Save Meet the Maker: Francesca Wild - LDN to your collection. Share Meet the Maker: Francesca Wild - LDN with your friends. Save Rugged Beauty: The Wild Wines of Roussillon & Languedoc to your collection. Share Rugged Beauty: The Wild Wines of Roussillon & Languedoc with your friends. Save The wildlife of Springwood Estate: a talk to your collection. Share The wildlife of Springwood Estate: a talk with your friends. I’m fortunate to live very close to a leisure club [in Perthshire, Scotland] that has a fabulous gym, steam room, and swimming pool. I’ll go to the gym and do 15 minutes on the exercise bike. I find being in the gym really boring, so I always bring a book with me. I’ll go down to the outdoor hot pool, where I do a lot of my stretching exercises. Stretching is incredibly important as you get older – I’ve got five grandchildren and I want to be able to chase after them! 8.30am Muriel Spark was the grande dame of Scottish letters. A prolific writer, she has produced over twenty novels as well as works of poetry, drama, biography, non-fiction and children’s stories. Spark was born Muriel Camberg in Edinburgh in 1918 and educat …

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There’s no getting away from it, the nights are fair drawing in. So embrace the falling leaves, cold … The Wild Card is a "fresh, uplifting" story about how it is never too late to follow your dreams, following Abigail Patterson who, after putting her tennis career on hold, finds herself entered into the country’s biggest tennis championship as a wild card entry. However, her success in the competition means that is only a matter of time before the press start uncovering the secret Abi has kept hidden for so long. Twenty years ago, Abigail Patterson put her promising tennis career on hold to have her baby son, Robbie. But after a wild card entry to Wimbledon, she suddenly finds herself swept up in a world she thought she’d left behind – and against all odds, she’s winning! Open University honorary graduate Judy Murray retired from tennis coaching to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a writer.Orion Fiction has secured a two-book deal, including The Wild Card, from debut novelist and former international tennis player Judy Murray. Save DM: LJF The Sensory Illusions, j2oh + Vulliamy Murray Duo to your collection. Share DM: LJF The Sensory Illusions, j2oh + Vulliamy Murray Duo with your friends. Save Walking Tour - Diverse London - A walk on the wild side through queer Soho to your collection. Share Walking Tour - Diverse London - A walk on the wild side through queer Soho with your friends. Judy Murray discusses her debut novel, The Wild Card, an uplifting story about how it's never too late to follow your dreams: Abigail Patterson puts her promising tennis career on hold to have a baby. Twenty years later, after a wild card entry, she finds herself playing at Wimbledon… about the author

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Whilst the overall story line is a little far fetched, (or is it? Emma Radacanu won a grand slam from a wild card entry), the details feel very realistic and this must come from Judy’s vast experience in the sport. I loved the characters, and had that slight disappointment you get when you have to leave them behind as the novel finishes.Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See also Judy L. Murray and Judy Murray. Today, she talks about her debut, The Wild Card. Set at a tennis tournament, it centres on a 38 year old woman successfully rekindling her playing career, years after putting it on hold. But the threat of her secret looms… Murray discusses her tale of triumph over adversity. Most novels I’ve read don’t dig quite as deeply into the past as this, and the few that do don’t in … I usually wake up between 6am and 6.30am to daylight coming through the little gap in the curtains. I certainly don’t set an alarm for that time – I just think as I get older, I exist on less sleep. I’ll have hot water with lemon and fresh ginger; it signifies the start of my day. 7.30am Yet as those long-buried dreams of lifting the sparkling silver trophy on centre court inch closer, Abi knows that it's only a matter of time before the press start digging into her past and uncover the secret she's kept hidden for so long.