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Coming Back To Me: The Autobiography Of Marcus Trescothick (2008)

by Marcus Trescothick(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0007285809 (ISBN13: 9780007285808)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperCollins UK

review 1: This is much more than another sports book. Marcus Trescothick is not one of those here today and gone tomorrow cricketers who have to get their story out after they have been in the game for a very short time. He is an honest to goodness chap who wanted to tell his life story, which entailed a major breakdown that ultimately spelt the end of his international cricketing career.He begins at the end. Surprised? No need to be for he felt that the best way to deal with his demons was to get them out up front for the reader so he/she would know what they were in for. And it works splendidly.After painfully outlining his problems he returns to his roots and tells of his upbringing and how he became the cricketer that he turned out to be. And he was no ordinary player; his talen... moret soon shone through and he was recognised as England potential.His performances were such that he played for his country as a junior before being elevated to the senior ranks and eventually captaining his country in two Test Matches. He married, had a daughter (he now has two) and went touring with the England team. It was while he was away that he realised he could not continue this life-style, even though, as he acknowledges, he was at the top of his profession and earning very good money. In a harrowing tale he tells how his demons surfaced and how he and his family dealt with them. And he willingly acknowledges the part his wife in particular and his family helped him overcome them.He continued to play county cricket, and to score runs mercilessly, and he returned to the England set-up. But, after being a member of the hugely successful 2005 Ashes winning side, his demons surfaced once again and he was back to square one. And once again his family pulled him through.The book is not only a sporting autobiography but a shining example of how to fight and manage, I deliberately hesitate to use the verb overcome (as I know to my own cost), this depressive illness and as such it is a compelling read.Not surprisingly 'Coming back to me' won the William Hill Sports Book Award for 2008 but I stress, it is much more than a sports book.
review 2: This guy knocked 106, opening for England at Lord's whilst on Citalapram!Legend!Very honest, even courageous account of a top sportsman coming to terms with depressive/anxiety illness. Some of which, it strikes me, is written with the decided intent of setting some records straight.The eventual honesty of Marcus Trescothick's disclosure brought the whole issue of depressive illness into the public domain with an air of seriousness that went some way to dispelling the stigma associated with a silent illness that is effecting around 1 in 10 people in the U.K at any given point every year.Good to bear in mind that this guys job was public property, his performances were under close minute by minute analysis and scrutiny. Few could cope with that pressure alone, suffering from depression or not. less

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