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"Trophy Son brings Conroys The Great Santini and Malamuds The Natural into the present day...A terrific book." -Harlan Coben. Private lessons. Professional coaches. Specialized camps for sports, math, music, and other fields. Todays children are pushed to achieve excellence -- or else. But at what cost? New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunts third novel, Trophy Son, tells the story of a tennis prodigy, from young childhood to the finals of the US Open, Wimbledon, and other tournaments around the world. . Growing up in the wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia, Anton Stratis is groomed to be one thing only: the #1 tennis player in the world. Trained relentlessly by his obsessive father, a former athlete who plans every minute of his sons life, Anton both aspires to greatness and resents its all-consuming demands. Lonely and isolated -- removed from school and socialization to focus on tennis -- Anton explodes from nowhere onto the professional scene and soon becomes one of the top-ranked players in the world, with a coach, a trainer, and an entourage.. But as Anton struggles to find a balance between stardom and family, he begins to make compromises -- first with himself, then with his health, and finally with the rules of tennis, a mix that will threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. . Trophy Son offers an inside look at the dangers of extraordinary pressure to achieve, whether in sports or any field, through the eyes of a young man defying his parents ambitions as he seeks a life of his own.



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Douglas Brunt

Until 2011, Douglas Brunt was CEO of Authentium, Inc. He now writes full time and lives in New York with his wife and three children. He is the author of New York Times Bestseller 'Ghosts of Manhattan' and 'The Means'. His third novel, 'Trophy Son', will be released May 30, 2017.

You can lean more about Doug at www.douglasbrunt.com



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