
Unbreakable
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Narrated by:
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Kellie Jones
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By:
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Jelena Dokic
About this listen
This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world number four. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell.
From war-torn Yugoslavia to Sydney to Wimbledon, she narrates her hellish ascent to becoming one of the best tennis players in the women’s game, the abuse she endured at the hands of her father and her heartbreaking fall from the top. Jelena never told anyone the full truth of what she went through until now, and her unbreakable spirit will inspire you.
©2017 Jelena Dokic (P)2018 W.F. Howes LtdIt's a miracle she's even alive though scars will always remain.
This is pretty hard to listen to at times and you just want it to stop and reach out to help but feel so
helpless and so sad for her and are constantly hoping for some upturn in either her career or her childhood.
What a great book though!
I read sharapovas book before this and boy they couldn't have been more different.
Unbelievable
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A tennis prodigy
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However, I do wish the narrator had done some research and learned how to pronounce the names of a whole stack of tennis people! Those mispronunciations took me out a bit. However the dramatic and awful things Dokic went through made this a gripping listen.
Deeply disturbing but gripping
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Against all Odds
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Listening to her story as someone lucky enough to have grown up in a loving home, I had so many questions, it shocked me how she never fought back against her father when she was older. I was literally screaming at him in my head while listening!! How are you such an a-hole!? Why do you never give her any praise? Why did you abuse her at all and even when she won matches? You are never happy! Don’t you understand that YOU are the problem?? What do you even want from her? Why do you sabotage her before every game? And then I wanted to shout at Jelena as to why she did not run like hell the minute she turned 18? And why did she pay him so much money? Why did she even answer his calls when all he had was vile abuse to throw at her? Why pick up especially right before a match as he always ruined it for her? Why not block him or change your number? And then why did she stay with that horrific coach who was clearly useless and just took her money while doing nothing? He stole from you and you still kept him on???
I screamed all those questions because I sit here from a position of privilege, never having been abused and not understanding what it does to a person. I tell myself I would have fought back and screamed and told my dad to F off if that happened, at least when I was older. But I guess what so many of us can’t understand is that the horrific abuse just breaks a person and almost makes them incapable of standing up for themselves. It destroys independence and self confidence and so much more. I hate that Jelena and so many others have gone through this and I hate that no one stepped in and helped her when she was a child. She’s incredible to have come through this and I love seeing her so active on social media now loving her life on her terms. More power to you, Jelena!
Compelling listen and fascinating story.
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Shocking
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Brutally honest schocking story
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incredible life story
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Powerful
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