{"product_id":"striker-and-the-clock-the","title":"Striker and the Clock, The","description":"An exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athletics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Riveting ... A paean to the beautiful game’ Los Angeles Times  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A compelling debut’ Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57832624947535,"sku":"9781526668523","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781526668523_1-striker-and-the-clock-the.jpg?v=1780307343","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/striker-and-the-clock-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}