Lucy Zeezou's Goal

Liz Deep-Jones

Mar 2011 · Random House Australia

About this ebook

Fashion, modelling, dance . . . football?

Everyone's making plans for Lucy's future. But will she get to pursue her own dreams on the pitch? Lucy's family is famous for two things in Italy: football and fashion. They're prime paparazzi fodder. Lucy's pushy Australian-born mother wants her to model for the family's fashion label. Even worse - Lucy's father agrees. He's the captain of Milan's premier football team, so shouldn't he be happy that Lucy's more passionate about playing the beautiful game than being a beautiful clothes horse? But Lucy's been leading a double life, playing on the sly. And when she and her mother move from Milan to Sydney to be near Lucy's Australian grandparents, Lucy has to find a new team. Eventually she'll have to come clean about who she really is and what she really wants.

About the author

Liz Deep-Jones established herself as a journalist and presenter on SBS TV's premier nightly sports program, Toyota World Sports. Her warm and bubbly personality made her an appealing and favoured celebrity by the viewing public. Liz has secured many high profile and memorable interviews during close to 20 years of media coverage in Australia, including the likes of Socceroos coach Graham Arnold, Prince Albert of Monaco, IOC President Jacques Rogge, Margaret Whitlam, Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Rafter, Ian Thorpe, Anthony Mundine and George Gregan. Career highlights also include reporting on the 1998 Football World Cup in Paris and breaking stories on the plight of female athletes fighting for water polo's place as an Olympic sport in Sydney 2000. Liz also met her idol, Nelson Mandela, while chasing a story about the Indigenous community's threat to protest during the Olympics in Sydney. Liz has produced the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards - the 'Deadlys' - held at the Sydney Opera House for SBS TV. She's also worked on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Current Affairs program Living Black as a journalist. Liz has also judged at the prestigious 2005 Walkley Awards. In her role as UNICEF Australia Ambassador, Liz has hosted many charity events, donning shin pads and boots in celebrity soccer and cricket matches - facing the likes of Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Glen McGrath and Graham Arnold. She's also hosted and supported events for the Starlight Foundation, Variety Club and Randwick Children's Hospital. Liz has hosted many events including executive panels for Optus Networks events for close to four thousand staff in Sydney and Melbourne. She's also the voice for an Australian Open tennis highlights show which was broadcast internationally during the popular Grand Slam in January 2007.