The Blind Side by Michael Lewis - ISBN: 9780393330472
Paperback
Homeless teen becomes football star with love, money, and talent.

The Blind Side

Evolution of a Game

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    8 January 2010

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Summary

“It’s not a jock book. It’s not a sociology book. It’s a storybook about modern society, ancient virtues, and the power of love, money and talent to do a little good.” – Jay Hancock, Baltimore Sun

One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he 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 foot…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393330472
ISBN-10:0393330478
Author:Michael Lewis
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:8 January 2010
Weight:311g
Dimensions:23mm x 140mm x 211mm
Audience Age:14-18
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The Blind Side by Michael Lewis - ISBN: 9780393330472
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Critics Review

“The Blind Side works on three levels. First as a shrewd analysis of the NFL; second, as an expos

“It’s not a jock book. It’s not a sociology book. It’s a storybook about modern society, ancient virtues, and the power of love, money and talent to do a little good.” – Jay Hancock - Baltimore Sun “The Blind Side is as insightful and moving a meditation on class inequality in America as I have ever read-although to put it that way, I realize, makes it sound deadly dull. It isn’t.” – Malcolm Gladwell “Lewis’s overview of the evolution of NFL strategy… is not only sound but shrewder than that of many so-called football insiders who can’t see the forest for the trees.” – Allen Barra - Washington Post “[Lewis] is advancing a new genre of journalism.” – George F. Will - New York Times Book Review “The Blind Side works on three levels. First as a shrewd analysis of the NFL; second, as an expose of the insanity of big-time college football recruiting; and, third, as a moving portrait of the positive effect that love, family, and education can have in reversing the path of a life that was destined to be lived unhappily and, most likely, end badly.” – Wes Lukowsky - Booklist “Combining a tour de force of sports analysis with a piquant ethnography of the South’s pigskin mania, Lewis probes the fascinating question of whether football is a matter of brute force or subtle intellect.” – Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, The Money Culture, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Panic, Home Game, The Big Short, and Boomerang, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.

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