{"product_id":"miss-truman-to-serve","title":"Miss Truman to Serve","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiss Truman to Serve\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristine Truman, now Dr Christine Truman Janes MBE, was born in 194 and brought up in Woodford Green Essex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer first ambition was to be as good at tennis as her older siblings, hoping to join their mixed doubles. It never happened. Instead she achieved some of her dreams, including a ranking of No.2 in the world, aged 18, in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe won the Grand Slam title in Paris at 18, the youngest Brit since the war. She holds the record at 16 of being the youngest British semi finalist at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887. 135 years ago! Also US finalist 1959 and Wimbledon finalist 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'If tennis was easy, why aren't all the people walking up and down Oxford Street playing at Wimbledon?'\u003cbr\u003e Billie Jean King\u003cbr\u003e 'Work lasts longer than you do...' Mother\u003cbr\u003e 'Talent will out.' Father\u003cbr\u003e 'Champions know they will win!'\u003cbr\u003e 'Play the ball, not opponents!'\u003cbr\u003e Coach Norman Kitovitz\u003cbr\u003e 'It's the tennis girl, dear!'\u003cbr\u003e Clementine to Winston Churchill, 1959\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Sports\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Troubador Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781803133270\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Troubador Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.00","offer_id":47917320044721,"sku":"SB-1803133279-C2","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1803133279.jpg?v=1789615387","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/miss-truman-to-serve","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}