When we first meet him,Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name,his father,his birthday,or how to read or write. He takes up football,and school,after a rich,white,Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size,speed,and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability,his blind side.
Publisher: WW Norton & CoISBN: 9780393330472Weight: 284 gDimensions: 211 x 140 x 23 mm
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"It's not a jock book. It's not a sociology book. It's a storybook about modern society,ancient virtues,and the power of love,money and talent to do a little good.""The Blind Side is as insightful and moving a meditation on class inequality in America as I have ever read-although to put it that way,I realize,makes it sound deadly dull. It isn't.""Lewis's overview of the evolution of NFL strategy...is not only sound but shrewder than that of many so-called football insiders who can't see the forest for the trees.""(Lewis) is advancing a new genre of journalism.""The Blind Side works on three levels. First as a shrewd analysis of the NFL; second,as an exposé of the insanity of big-time college football recruiting; and,third,as a moving portrait of the positive effect that love,family,and education can have in reversing the path of a life that was destined to be lived unhappily and,most likely,end badly."
Professor Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is a bestselling American non-fiction author and financial journalist,best known for Moneyball,Flash Boys,and The Fifth Risk.
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