{"product_id":"the-striker-and-the-clock","title":"The Striker and the Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athletics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'Riveting ... A paean to the beautiful game' Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e'It contained so much of what I love and find endlessly interesting about football ... A very lovely thinker and writer' Rebecca Watson\u003cbr\u003e'A compelling debut' Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414682878175,"sku":"9781526668523","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781526668523.jpg?v=1757896060","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-striker-and-the-clock","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}