TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Jeanette
AU  - Benbow,Dana
TI  - The Black Widow: a memoir 
SN  - 9781637273999
AV  - GV892.2.L44 A3 2024
U1  - 794.73B 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Chicago, Illinois
PB  - Triumph Books
KW  - Lee, Jeanette.
KW  - Women pool players
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Korean American women
KW  - Scoliosis
KW  - Patients
KW  - Cancer
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION / Pool, Billiards, Snooker
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Asian & Asian American
N2  - "A candid and moving autobiography by the 'Black Widow' of billiards. Jeanette Lee was 18 years old when she walked into a New York City pool hall and became enamored by the elegant geometry of the game. Before long, she was an unmistakable figure on the international competition circuit, dressed head-to-toe in black, stalking the billiards table and gazing down her cue as if tracking her prey. In this new memoir, the woman nicknamed 'The Black Widow' opens up about her legendary career and the rich, unpredictable life she's woven around it. Lee details her upbringing in a Korean-American household in the Bronx, her single-minded drive to reach the pinnacle of her sport, and her unlikely entry into the realm of mainstream celebrity in an era where female athletes rarely got their share of the limelight. Lee also reflects on her lifelong struggle with scoliosis, which necessitated over twenty operations during her playing career; her public battle with Stage 4 ovarian cancer; the communities that gave her strength throughout. Written with warmth and candor, this the definitive story of a true icon"--
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