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IN THESE GIRLS, HOPE IS A MUSCLE
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| By: |
Madeleine Blais |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£11.99 |
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£9.89 |
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£2.10 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802121454 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802121455 |
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| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 July, 2017 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
A modern sports writing classic by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle tells the story of the 1992-1993 championship season of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes |
| Synopsis: |
Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais's In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle is a modern sports writing classic. Now expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Blais's book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a powerhouse girls' high school basketball team from a small western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, they somehow lacked the scrappy, hard-driving desire to go all the way. Now, led by senior guards Jen Pariseau, a three-point specialist, and Jamila Wideman, an All-American phenom, this was the year to prove themselves. It was a season to test their passion for the sport and their loyalty to each other, and a chance to discover who they really were.As an off-season of summer jobs and basketball camps turns to fall, as students arrive and the games begin, Blais charts the ups and downs of the team and paints a portrait of the wider Amherst community, which comes to revel in the athletic exploits of their girls. Finally, a women's team was getting the attention they deserve. And the Hurricanes were richly deserving; these teenage girls are fierce and funny, smart and ambitious, and they are the heart of this gripping book. In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle is a classic sports book, a timeless look at girls' athletics. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
Winner of A National Bestseller. |
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Returnable |
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