A Delicate Game
brain injury, sport and sacrifice - sports book award special commendation
$61.04
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2022
Summary
A Delicate Game: Unmasking the Truth Behind Sports, Brain Trauma, and Sacrifice
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.
A scientist reveals a pattern of brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.
A survivor of domestic abuse can’t remember details when standing up in court.
From the creator of the award-winning podcast A …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529348064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529348064 |
| Author: | Hana Walker-Brown |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Coronet Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 162mm x 34mm |
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Praise for The Beautiful Brain‘I can’t even tell you how many women and their caregivers found us and joined our support groups thanks to The Beautiful Brain and Hana’s work on TBI in Domestic Violence because I have lost count! There is a true power in this work
– Katherine Snedaker, Founder and CEO of Pink ConcussionsI can’t stop thinking about its core message - the breadth or argument and depth of detail are remarkable – Gillian Reynolds * Sunday Times *It’s gripping and essential - if often overwhelmingly poignant and righteously enraging, as much a call-to-arms as a piece of investigative journalism * Esquire *Hana Walker-Brown is an incredible talent, deftly shifting between storyteller, science communicator, and political commentator. Prepare to be informed, devastated, and to find yourself raring to join in the campaign to make sure head trauma is understood and prevented at all costs.” – Dr Sophie MortMoving…persuasive…timely…absorbing…well-researched…required reading * Sunday Times *A well-timed and comprehensive publication for all sports men and women * Irish Times *An ambitious and powerful piece of investigative journalism … [Walker-Brown’s] writing is political in the best sense, protest writing, a clarion call of great conviction and urgency * Irish Examiner *About The Author
Hana Walker-Brown
Hana Walker-Brown is a multi-award-winning audio documentary maker, writer and the Creative Director for Broccoli Productions, a London based podcast production company founded in direct response to the lack of opportunities for minority talent both in front of and behind the mic. In 2019, Hana Walker-Brown created the Audible original, The Beautiful Brain, a multi-award-winning podcast docuseries about West Bromwich Albion hero Jeff Astle and CTE.
Hana is a fearless and passionate advocate of multi-media storytelling and has covered an exceptional range of stories, taking the big world stuff and making it human. She is a guest lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London and has given talks and masterclasses around the world about her work and creative processes.
Hana has created work for Audible, the BBC, the Guardian, National Geographic, Spotify and Warner Brothers among many others.
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