The Blind Side

Zusammenfassung The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." -Janet Maslin! New York Times Informationen zum Autor Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar's Poker! Moneyball! The Blind Side! The Big Short! and The Undoing Project. He lives in Berkeley! California! with his wife and three children. Klappentext 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.

Auteur

Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, The Undoing Project, and The Fifth Risk. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.

Texte du rabat

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.

Résumé
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Lewis has such a gift for storytellinghe writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." Janet Maslin, New York Times