There are copies already on PBS so I will not post this one there. I will put it in my give away pile.
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Days of Grace--#2 finished
This is a memoir by Arthur Ashe a famous African American tennis pro from 1970s and then coach & commentator about tennis after that. He was also one of the first athletes to find out they had HIV and then AIDS--his from a blood transmission after a heart surgery in the 1980s. I knew he had a St Louis connection but this wasn't really discussed in this book. I didn't know he had written a few other books before this one so they might have covered that St Louis part more. This one was written right before he died of AIDS and reading the book with that in mind was always sad. He talks a lot about his life and his health and the time after he retired from tennis. Maybe not what I was expecting but still a good read. This is a book that was on my shelf for a few years so figured now was time to get it read.
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