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Days of Grace
by
Arthur Ashe
"Touching and courageous...All of it--the man, the life, the book--is rare and beautiful."
COSMOPOLITAN
DAYS OF GRACE is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person with AIDS. Frank, revealing, touching--DAYS OF GRACE is the story of a man felled t...more
COSMOPOLITAN
DAYS OF GRACE is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person with AIDS. Frank, revealing, touching--DAYS OF GRACE is the story of a man felled t...more
352 pages
Published
March 9th 2011
by Ballantine Books
(first published May 1st 1993)
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Hands down, one of the best autobiographies I've read. More than just the modest fellow who perfectly complemented Billie Jean King in the HBO Wimbledon telecasts of my youth, and a lot more than a paragon for black athletes in a segregated era of a grand sport, it's the struggles and misfortunes which he embraced with willing resolve that truly shaped him. For the championships he won, Jackie Robinson-esque strides he made playing tennis, and the future legends he got to coach (McEnroe and Co...more
From my experience, there are very few sports autobiographies that lend any credibility to the genre. Days of Grace belongs in the same category as Bill Russell's Go Up For Glory, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Giant Steps, and Jim Bouton's Ball Four, as books that by their brilliance make the existence of Boz: Confessions of a Modern-Day Antihero a little less troubling.
Ashe's story, informed by his unconventional role in the civil rights struggle, a long career of political activism of behalf of ...more
Ashe's story, informed by his unconventional role in the civil rights struggle, a long career of political activism of behalf of ...more
This book is both autobiography and social history. Ashe's story is the tale of an amazing man who experienced the highs and lows of life in the segregated South, of rising from humble origins, and making it on the professional tennis circuit. His own looming demise at the hands of HIV/Aids was an enobling affliction that brought out the advocate for social justice in this thoughtful and committed man. This is an inspirational story.
Few sports autobiographies have the credibility of Days of Grace. The elegant and eloquent Arthur Ashe guides us along his journey to the top of the tennis world, with the help Arnold Rampersad, a celebrated biographer and master of the genre. I read this book after having dinner with Mr. Rampersad in Princeton in 1996 with my then-wife. Both the meeting and book were humbling, and changed my perspectives forever.
I am not a huge fan of memoirs, as they generally seem a little self-serving. I read this on a whim as I knew a bit about Arthur Ashe from my years in Richmond, VA. The portrait of the South and his life as a black Southerner was especially touching. Whenever I am asked about my favorite books, this one always ends up very close to the top. Wonderful reading, amazing life story.
This is quite possibly the best autobiography I have ever read. It is less about tennis and more about what was important to Arthur Ashe as a human being. When I am asked to recommend a good book to read, this is one that is always on the list. An excellent, in depth review can be found in the New York Times Book Review, June 13, 1993.
I loved this book. I had never heard of Arthur Ashe, but was completely enthralled with his life from the first couple pages. It is amazing what he accomplished as a tennis player, an activist in civil rights and anti-apartheid movements, and as an athlete with HIV before much was known about the disease. Very interesting read.
Gone to soon. Arthur Ashe was simply a wonderful man. The last chapter to his daughter..amazing. Must read!
One of my favorite biographies. appropiate title for a true sports hero
my favorite book ever!
a sad and true story....
letter to his daughter
tragic story but not very well written (by ghostwriter arnold rampersad). r.i.p arthur.
This is one of the best books I've ever read. enough said.
I'm not really a connoisseur of autobiographies, in fact this is one of only three I've read. It's simply marvelous. It's heartbreaking, and thought provoking and a most of all, a memory of a wonderful human being. Read it. Love it. Respect it.
He was a great, history making tennis player. But far greater than that, Ashe was an extraordinary human being with keen insight into social issues who left a wonderful legacy for future generations to hopefully emulate.
One of my favorite books. I read this when I was much younger and this book provided a context for me to understand both the stigma that a disease carries and the parallels with race in america. Hugely important read.
A really good biography of an amazing tennis player. He helps you live with the situations you are in and make the best or your circumstances in life. This was a really good and interesting book I read for a class.
Interesting book. The school I teach at used to make it required reading. Forget about all those Confederate clowns on Monument Ave in Richmond. Arthur Ashe is the real hero on that street.
Great book. Read this a few years ago and really didn't know too much about Arthur Ashe. What a wonderful and humble man and a surprisingly good writer. I would highly recommend this book.
Arthur Ashe was a remarkable man who I hope will be remembered the way he wished he would as a good man who gave something back, something beyond his legacy in tennis.
A beautiful letter from the great Arthur Ashe to his daughter. Knowing he was terminally ill, Ashe shares his life and the wisdom he's gained. Simply wonderful.
words of wiadom from a dying man to his daughter
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