{"product_id":"9781526668523","title":"The Striker and the Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Cloepfil, Georgia \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 17\/07\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526668523,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athletics‘Riveting ... A paean to the beautiful game’ Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A compelling debut’ Times Literary SupplementIn The Striker and the Clock, Georgia Cloepfil tells the story of her life in football: the triumph, the exhilaration, the deep bonds between teammates, and also the years of self-denial, exile and dedication, in which players try in vain to outpace a clock that ticks down toward an indeterminate ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a profound meditation on what it is to have a body, and what it is to have the compulsion to push it to do the near impossible; and a love letter to the motivations, joys, pains and desires of a beautiful game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55427626008949,"sku":"9781526668523","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781526668523.jpg?v=1748456009","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781526668523","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}