Caryn Lix
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Taryn Bashford:
Tennis plays such an important role in THE HARPER EFFECT. Do you like sports, and which do you play?
Taryn Bashford
Hi Caryn, and thanks for your question.
While tennis is the setting in the novel, I like to think you could substitute tennis for swimming or athletics or football, or indeed music or art or something else you dream of. It's about never giving up on your dreams, believing in yourself when others don't, and also dreaming big. Harper's dreams were tennis ones, and that came from my brother rather than me. He played the professional tennis circuit after attending a scholarship at a Tennis Academy in Florida where he met people like Andre Agassi. He became a professional coach and coached Amelie Mauresmo when she was a teen - like Harper. I do play sports - well did and do. Right now, I train for triathlons, but back when I was Harper's age, I was a runner, a swimmer and a field hockey player. I love sport as I believe it brings out great qualities in us all, and teaches so much. But being committed to any dream can do that - sport, music, art, academics...whatever you can dream of. Have a fab day, Caryn!
While tennis is the setting in the novel, I like to think you could substitute tennis for swimming or athletics or football, or indeed music or art or something else you dream of. It's about never giving up on your dreams, believing in yourself when others don't, and also dreaming big. Harper's dreams were tennis ones, and that came from my brother rather than me. He played the professional tennis circuit after attending a scholarship at a Tennis Academy in Florida where he met people like Andre Agassi. He became a professional coach and coached Amelie Mauresmo when she was a teen - like Harper. I do play sports - well did and do. Right now, I train for triathlons, but back when I was Harper's age, I was a runner, a swimmer and a field hockey player. I love sport as I believe it brings out great qualities in us all, and teaches so much. But being committed to any dream can do that - sport, music, art, academics...whatever you can dream of. Have a fab day, Caryn!
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