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PING

Lisa Lucas, Steve Landsberg

ISBN 978-1-83574-101-6

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Publication: 28 JANUARY 2025
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ISBN: 9781835741016

Price: £8.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 120 pp

Thema: FV Historical fiction

Author location: Canada

• Ping is a historical novel for young adults
inspired by and based upon Thelma Hall, the
American Ping Pong player.
• Exploring how the innocent game of Ping Pong
evolved into a political phenomenon and the
fall out that ensued.

1880s. When it got too cold outside to play lawn tennis, the
British upper class brought the game inside, and Table
Tennis was born. It was simple: all you needed was a table,
a paddle, and a little ball. But in the years that followed,
Lisa Lucas started writing for Reader’s Digest and freelancing for what started as a simple English game spiralled into a
newspapers. Later, she wrote extensively on issues related to literacy and global phenomenon…
health. Over the last few years, Lisa has changed direction and is now
focussing on poetry and historical fiction. Her work can be found at
lisalucas.ca. Ping explores the seemingly innocent game of Ping Pong,
where antisemitism and communism were intertwined from
Steve Landsberg, an accomplished, award-winning advertising executive its beginnings in the 1880s to the 1970s when the U.S.
and entrepreneur, is currently Co- Founder and Chief Creative Officer of opened diplomatic relations with China. Ping is a
Human Intelligence (H.I.), a New York City-based marketing firm. Prior to fictionalised account of this time and reveals the politics that
H.I., he co-founded Grok, an Inc. 500 “Fastest Growing Company.” Steve ensued and the devastating fallout that followed.
has held executive creative roles at many top global ad agencies leading the
work on iconic global brands. A copywriter by trade, Steve has published
numerous ad industry articles. Ping is his first published book.

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