Publisher’s Weekly: Movingly Told
“Journalist Jacobs (The Other Barack) offers an affecting biography of Althea Gibson (1927–2003), the ‘first Black woman to be the number-one tennis player in the world.’ … Thoroughly researched and movingly told, this warts-and-all portrayal of Gibson’s life is a winner.”
“Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson, Publisher’s Weekly, May 15, 2023.