My Losing Season
New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: Bantam trade paperback edition.
Description: 402 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
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. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life--and a crucible for becoming his own man.
With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966-67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated.
Praise for My Losing Season
"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written." -- The Washington Post Book World
"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to love." -- Houston Chronicle
"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that losers always tell the best stories." -- Newsweek
"In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it." -- New York Daily News
"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction." -- Boston Herald
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life--and a crucible for becoming his own man.
With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966-67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated.
Praise for My Losing Season
"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written." -- The Washington Post Book World
"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to love." -- Houston Chronicle
"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that losers always tell the best stories." -- Newsweek
"In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it." -- New York Daily News
"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction." -- Boston Herald
Subjects:
Conroy, Pat -- Childhood and youth.
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Basketball players -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
College sports -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Failure (Psychology)
Authors, American -- Southern states.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Biography.
Conroy, Pat -- Childhood and youth.
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Basketball players -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
College sports -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Failure (Psychology)
Authors, American -- Southern states.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780553898187 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
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Electronic reproduction. New York : Bantam Books, 2003. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1529 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 790 KB).
Electronic reproduction. New York : Bantam Books, 2003. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1529 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 790 KB).