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In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with
the rules of the games they play.
When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school.
When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school.
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers
discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of
60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers,
realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the
mystery.
When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central
Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent
teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He
goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what
he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting
coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and
life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of
Tides and The Great Santini
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail.
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail.