she’s stepping down from tennis right before Taylor Jenkins Reid and I meet on Zoom. The timing is fortuitous, considering we're there to talk about Reid’s new tennis-centric novel: Carrie Soto Is Back, about a 37-year-old pro who comes out of retirement in an attempt to reclaim her world-winning record. “There’s something in the air,” Reid tells me about the parallels between her eighth novel and Williams’ news. “Serena does everything her own way and is such a trailblazer.
We can all follow in her path.”When I suggest that Williams read , Reid grins. “I mean, that would be phenomenal,” she says.
It doesn’t seem like such a long shot. Reid’s novels—which include The , , and *—*have become synonymous with pop culture and a stronghold on NYT best-seller lists.
Carrie Soto Is Back, out on August 30, is sure to do the same: It’s the kind of novel that feels alive, pulsing in your hands as your heart races.
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