Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of
professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable
life.
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the
crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding
father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his
eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s
highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography,
off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his
great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes
candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship
with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in
philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the
highs and lows of his celebrated career.