Book info

• Title Knowing the Score
• Author Judy Murray
• Year 2017
• Genre Memoir

What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray’s extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to entrenched sexism. We all need a story of ‘yes we can’ to make us believe great things are possible. This is that story.

Thoughts

I listened to the audiobook of this, read by the author herself, and it’s just a really good story of a family that worked hard and were eventually rewarded with success, and actually managed to deal with it pretty well! It’s amazing to hear the early days of Judy’s career, how she played and loved tennis, coached and loved tennis, but really didn’t have the support that is just starting to appear today. And I thought the story of Andy and Jamie’s careers was well told, respectful considering it’s their stories. Love it.

Rating: 4 / 5