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After Wimbledon Kindle Edition

by Jennifer Gilby Roberts (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Should I stay or should I go?

After 12 years on the pro. tennis tour and four years with her sort-of boyfriend, Lucy Bennett has had enough. She wants real life... and real love.

Her life, her decision. Right? Well, no one else seems to think so. With opinions on all sides, Lucy's head is spinning. And she's stumbling right into the arms of long-term crush and fellow player Sam. Shame her boyfriend - his arch-rival - would sooner smash a racquet over their heads than agree to a simple change of partners.

As the Wimbledon Championships play out, Lucy fights for her life on and off the courts. The question is: what will she be left with after Wimbledon?

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A chick lit / romantic comedy novel about romance, family, tennis and having the guts to move on to a new phase of your life.

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Selected praise for After Wimbledon:

'After Wimbledon is a sumptuous summer read that will delight everyone, even those who aren't into their tennis.'
-- Best Chick Lit

'I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for an uplifting book with strong characters and a great storyline.'
-- Chick Lit Reviews & News

'After Wimbledon was a quick and fun read with some interesting glimpses into the professional tennis world and I just loved the characters!'
-- Novel Escapes

'Jennifer definitely throws a few surprises in here and some things go the way I wasn't expecting. With a very satisfying ending I can't recommend this book more. Just brilliant.'
-- Book Addict Shaun, Amazon.co.uk Top 500 Reviewer

'For someone like myself who's into tennis, chick lit and celebrity gossip this one really was a great eye opener and brings the reader right to Wimbledon.'
-- Frothy Reads

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How After Wimbledon Came to Be

Having finished my degree, I celebrated by taking six months off to backpack round Australia. At some point - I think it was in Sydney - I decided it was time to tackle a second novel. Unlike with The Dr Pepper Prophecies, this time I knew I could do it.

I was very into tennis at the time (I still enjoy it, but don't follow it as much as I did then) and had been in Melbourne for the second week of the Australian Open. For the first time I actually went to Centre Court (the Rod Laver Arena there) and I saw Venus Williams and Roger Federer play. I know there was a third match, but I can't remember now who was playing. Obviously, it wasn't that good! I spent much of the rest of the week hanging out in Federation Square, where they had a huge screen set up. It was beautiful weather and the atmosphere was wonderful - definitely one of the highlights of my trip.

It was also one of the low points, because while I was there I broke up with my boyfriend. We'd been together several years and I had agonised for months over whether I should break it off. I hadn't expected to meet 'the one' at that point in my life (I was 23 when we started dating) and consequently had managed to convince myself that he wasn't it. At 27 I married him, which just goes to show how much I know.

I sat on my dorm bunk bed (deeply luxurious this trip was) and wrote. I can't actually remember how long it took me - I shall have to dig out my travel diary - but I wrote quite intensively so I don't think it was much over a month. I had a cold during some of it, which helped since I didn't want to go anywhere anyway.

The first draft of what I then called 30 Love was a lot different to the version that will be published. A good chunk of it was more like therapy, with Lucy doing much agonizing over her decisions. Good for me, but quite boring to read! I also felt it had got a bit too dark in places. Someday maybe I'll type up some of it, so you can see what I mean. The basic plot, however, remains the same.

Unlike with The Dr Pepper Prophecies, which I took out and edited several times over the years, After Wimbledon sat in a drawer until after I published TDPP. When I started typing it up, I became eager to find out what would happen next (I couldn't remember after all that time!). I hope you feel the same when you read it.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GZ88WIS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 29, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 857 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1494312603

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Jennifer Gilby Roberts has a degree in physics and a postgraduate certificate in computing, so a career writing fiction was inevitable really. She was born and grew up in Surrey/Greater London, but now lives in Richmond, North Yorkshire with her husband, small daughter, two middle-aged cats and a lot of dust bunnies.

Her main job is taking care of her daughter, who was born three months premature but is now a healthy toddler. She can also be found getting red-faced at zumba class, reading historical porn (aka regency romance) and humming nursery rhymes while going round Tesco.

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** Parker Sisters Series **

#0 Wedding Hells (short story)

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After Wimbledon (also part of the Have Chick Lit, Will Travel box set)

Early Daze

Flights of Nancy (short story)

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Lindsey Hemming ~ ChickLitChickadees

Enjoyable!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014

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I'm honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I kept seeing it pop up in my Amazon suggested reads, but I always dismissed it since it only had a four star review. I figured if I was going to be investing an entire $2.99 on a book, it better have a better record than a measly four stars to deliver! This book, however, was a great, fun read!

Since I don't know much about tennis (ok, I don't know ANYTHING about tennis... other than my single attempt to play with a friend who was on the tennis team in high school confirmed that my eye/hand coordination was more condusive to flipping the pages of a book than participating in atheltic endeavors), I sometimes got confused and booged down by the terms and technical tennis nonsense.

That being said, it was still a great read! I appreciated the author's attempt to introduce some seriousness to the fluffy nature of the book with the themes of cheating and divorce.

This book was really good! I need to give four star reviewed books a chance more often!

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2014

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Ms. Roberts has created an absolutely charming romance that faces ups and downs as champions strive to survive the highs and lows of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.

You don't have to enjoy tennis to love the characters, but if you're someone like me - life comes to a screeching halt for every Grand Slam - this book will be doubly enjoyable. We meet Lucy Bennet, age 28. She's played tennis her whole life, and her family has managed Englands illustrious tennis facility for decades. Her star has reached its summit, and she's thinking of retiring.

Boyfriend, American Joe Harker, ranked second, is going to stay on the circuit until he dies. You get the feeling he's an unpleasant Andy Roddick. Ms. Roberts does a great job at pulling in some of John McEnroe's witticisms here.

Ranked first, Sam Pennington is at the height of his ability and is Joe Harker's nemesis. If you are a tennis fan, I thought of Patrick Rafter. Kind, hard working, completely committed to his passion. Sam is beginning to think about life after tennis.

The trio have been travelling the globe playing at the same tennis tournaments for years. Just as Wimbledon begins Sam and Lucy finally truly noticed each other.

Read this laugh out loud novel. This book has the perfect amount of believability and fantasy. I found myself unable to put it down.

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MissMommy

Don't go there if you don't LOVE tennis!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2014

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Just imagine page after page of description of tennis matches...so boring I was skimming. It was like watching paint dry.
That aside, it wasn't a bad plot and was a fairly decent read.
Wish I had noted the edits, but it needs some work.
This author has potential and I would give her writing another go, as long as it wasn't more tennis.

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J.R,

Pretty Good Story

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2014

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Wimbledon tennis matches are described in the book. The matches are part of the story, though, and even though I am not a tennis buff, I was fine with reading about the matches. I thought the 2 main characters fell in love just a little too fast. But on the other hand, I think sometimes you can fall hard and fast, especially if you have come to the time in life where you want marriage and children. I would prefer it if the heroine hadn't slept around so much in the past. She did seem like a slut in the past. However, she was not a slut during the events of the story. It was a pretty good story and I am glad that I read it. I would give it 3.5 stars.

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D. Wils

You don't have to love tennis to enjoy this love story

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2014

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Unlike some other reviewers who have stated you have to be a tennis fan to like this book, I found it very easy to read. Granted, I played tennis a bit when I was young, but I never watch it on tv, and it's not much different than when you're reading about a businessman or his secretary doing whatever.

I loved this book! It was well-written, the characters were really great and for the most part, likeable. I will be reading more of this author's books!

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Michelle

Fun and easy read

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014

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I tend to read a lot of easy reading novels during my commute, things that are easy to stop and start. This novel was quick to get into, but the storyline was easy enough to start and stop without having to backtrack to remember where I was in the plot. By the second half of the book, it was also so engaging that I didn't want to stop when I reached my destination. Fun satisfying read, decently developed characters, if a little predictable.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2014

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What can I say, picked this book up for free and I love an English Chick Lite romance to mix it up when reading. Lucy is a tennis pro, sort of dating a horrible fellow that is also a tennis pro- Joe. Sam is the number one player going into Wimbledon and all the women swoon over this New Zealander. They have another thing in common they are both on the verge of retiring from tennis. I enjoyed all the characters, the English lingo and the feel of the story. I would be looking for more from this author.

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I know nothing about tennis, and I still loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2014

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This book was a great read. Exactly what I look for in my reading - a fun escape that kept me turning the pages. Jennifer Gilby Roberts is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. Her writing is witty and her characters are realistic. I enjoyed Lucy and the well-developed cast of characters that surrounded her.

On a side note: I have basically no knowledge of the game of tennis, but despite that I was still easily drawn into the tournaments and even felt excitement (and some anxiety) as they played. It actually made me want to learn more about the game.

Looking forward to more books from this author!

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KT Walsh

Great read

Reviewed in Canada on November 2, 2021

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Read this book very quickly. Absolutely entertaining and soooo very enjoyable. Can't wait to read more from this author. A

Cécile

Very good

Reviewed in France on August 10, 2014

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The world of tennis, suspense of matches, friendship, jealousy, romance, dilemmas, choices to make, and a lot of humour : everything is gathered for a very good book.

Book Addict Shaun

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2014

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Jennifer was one of the first people to follow and interact with me on Twitter when I started my blog and is an incredibly lovely and generous person. She is also a big supporter of bloggers on Twitter. I really wanted to read her books but had a TBR mountain, I still do but I won her books through a giveaway and I love Wimbledon so managed to read this book in between games or 'after Wimbledon' had finished for the day. I went into it hoping it would be as good as I wanted it to be and luckily, it was!

I was really looking forward to the book given its subject matter and also because of some of the great reviews I read beforehand. After finishing this book I can safely say it was fantastic and I loved it. As with my other favourite genre, crime fiction, chick lit is very overcrowded, it takes a talented author to stand out. Jennifer's writing style is definitely her own, she has a very distinctive style of writing and it is very funny. We all love a bit of humour in chick lit and Jennifer does it brilliantly. Subtle at times and obvious in others it was great. Alongside the humour though we look for a good story and this book definitely has that. I thought some sentences were quite short though and perhaps commas could have been used instead.

You don't need to be a tennis fan to enjoy the book, it's just the setting of the book after all. However it does play a big role in the book. Each chapter bar one or two is set on each day at Wimbledon, as a fan of short chapters I struggled to put the book down as I can't put a book down mid-chapter and some of the ones here were quite long. I loved our main character Lucy. Written in the first person which I love in chick lit, she came across as a very likeable character. Not perfect by any means but I did feel for her throughout the book, especially the scenes with her horrible mother and even worse boyfriend, tennis obsessed fellow player Joe. I loved Lucy's personality, she could be quite sarcastic and cynical at times and I loved that. Joe is particularly nasty throughout the book, he's the sort of person that phones Lucy up asking if he can come round for sex and then not bothering when she refuses. And her mother is living her life through Lucy after she gave up her career to have a baby. Hardly Lucy's fault her mum got pregnant and had a baby. I absolutely despise parents like this.

As with most chick lit it's always fairly obvious where the story is going to go, in this case Lucy is having doubts over Joe and is developing feelings for his rival Sam. However it's the journey to the end that is most enjoyable and Lucy faces quite a few obstacles along the way. Full of hilarity but touching moments too this was a hugely enjoyable read for me and perfect to read alongside one of the highlights of the year, Wimbledon itself. As someone who gets quite involved watching the game (I write this review with no voice after Murray/Dimitrov) I found myself supporting the players in this book and wanting them to win and screaming at the book when things didn't go my way! Jennifer definitely throws a few surprises in here and some things go the way I wasn't expecting. With a very satisfying ending I can't reccommend this book more. Just brilliant. It's also a relatively short read too, only 260 or so pages so I flew through it.

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Chicks That Read Reviewer Simona Elena, Reviews After Wimbledon! 5/5 5*****

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2014

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I was so excited to read this book and it’s my first review for chicksthatread, so I hope you like it.

This is the story of Lucy Bennet, 28. She is a tennis pro and the book starts just before the beginning of Wimbledon, one of the Grand Slam tournaments. I’m a big tennis fan, so I was really happy about the theme and the surroundings.

Lucy has played professionally for 12 years now and is thinking about retiring and starting as a coach at her club. Or should I rather say her family’s club. Her parents, especially her mother doesn’t seem so happy about that.

Lucy is in a relationship with Joe Harker, also a tennis pro. Their relationship is not what you call a normal one though ;) Not telling you more here, find out for yourselves…

Then there is Sam Pennington, Joe’s arch-rival. Lucy’s had a crush on him for years, but she was too shy about it. Sam plays for Lucy’s club as well and guess what? He wants to retire as well and he announces that just before the tournaments starts.

Sam and Lucy start talking more and more and they get along really well. They were drawn to each other and I loved how Jennifer describes all these scenes, where their relationship developed. The most important thing: They want the same things in life, which I think is so sweet.

Now let’s talk about the tournament a little bit. The atmosphere was great and I as a reader felt so close to all of it. The matches, the press conferences and everything what happened around it. Jennifer found a perfect vivid and real way to put this into the story. Not only the tournament, but also Lucy’s feelings and emotions were included beautifully and very carefully. I could relate to Lucy all the way. Throughout the story she had to figure out what she wanted and she went through a range of emotions. She had to deal with the problems of her parents, figure out her feelings and think about her future. I was glad she had her best friend Adrienne there. And then Sam was there for Lucy all the time as well, so sweet and caring. And also very patient since he waited for her to finish things with Joe…. I was actually really impatient, I couldn’t understand why she waited that long, because Joe is just… Well, let’s just say, I didn’t like him at all.

Some articles in the press bring some more drama and misunderstandings into this fabulous and entertaining story. We find out more about both their pasts and families. It was so interesting to find out more and I just wanted them to clear everything and find a way to be together, cause Lucy and Sam are just the cutest couple ever!

Be prepared for a light hearted, funny, entertaining, gripping, vivid, sparkly and awesome story! I couldn’t put the book down and I think it’s the perfect mixture love, drama, tennis and entertainment. A must read, which is perfect for summer!!!

Trisha

Anyone for tennis?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2014

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Overall a good read but it was fairly predictable in the end. As a tennis and Grand Slam fan I could relate to the highs and lows of the Wimbledon tournament. Would certainly recommend for the simple plot with the backdrop of Wimbledon.

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