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    Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life
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    Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life

    Written by Lynne Truss

    Narrated by Lynne Truss

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9780007333301
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    Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life
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    Lynne Truss

    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.

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      As a woman who writes about sport (albeit in a more academic context) despite being a decidedly unsportly person who, like Truss, is usually more interested in books, film and a lot of telly, reading this book involved a lot of out-loud laughter and exclamations of, "Dear god, yes, woman, I know what you mean!" Truss won me over completely with Eats, Shoots and Leaves (and I am painfully aware of my puncutation as I write this and fear I have probably made several mistakes) and I graze through The Lynne Truss Treasury whenever the fancy takes me, knowing I am always sure to open up to a gem. In short, I am a bit of a fan.Aside from her wonderful sense of humour, what is most striking about Get Her Off The Pitch is the sense of generosity in her thinking, her ability to be open-minded in all manner of bizarre sporting situations. She throws herself into the challenge and approaches each task creatively, if with an ever-present (and understandable) sense of utter bewilderment.If all sports writing was this buoyant, articulate, literary and utterly hilarious, I would read it all the time.