My Losing Season: A Memoir

My Losing Season: A Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketballâ€”and life itselfâ€”by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
Â
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 lifeâ€”and a crucible for becoming his own man.
Â
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 1966â€“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.
Â
Praise for My Losing Season
Â
â€œA superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written.â€â€”The Washington Post Book World
Â
â€œA wonderfully rich memoir that you donâ€™t have to be a sports fan to love.â€â€”Houston Chronicle
Â
â€œA memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Hereâ€™s ample proof that losers always tell the best stories.â€â€”Newsweek
Â
â€œIn My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it.â€â€”New York Daily News
Â
â€œHaunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction.â€â€”Boston Herald
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Bantam Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553381900
Color White
ReleaseDate 2003-08-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553381900

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Bantam Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553381900
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2003-08-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553381900

My Losing Season: A Memoir

Customers who purchased this also purchased....