Billie Jean King will join the L.A. Times Book Club Aug. 24 to discuss “All In,” a new memoir about her groundbreaking tennis career and battles for athletic and social equity. King writes about growing up in Southern California, the daughter of firefighter dad and homemaker mom who sold Tupperware and Avon to pay the bills. AdvertisementFrom Billie Jean King’s “All in.” She writes: “Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe and me at a 1969 Philadelphia tennis clinic. “She reluctantly trimmed it by about half.”From “All in” by Billie Jean King. (Keystone Press / Alamy)“All In” is the August selection of the L.A. Times Book Club.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 24, 2021 20:26 UTC