One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Autor Amy Bassen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 feb 2019
When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team--and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding--ONE GOAL is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316396554
ISBN-10: 0316396559
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 0316396559
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
Notă biografică
A
professor
of
history
in
New
York,Amy
Basslived
in
Lewiston,
Maine
for
four
years
as
a
student
at
Bates
College.
Her
writing
has
appeared
inSlate,Salon,
and
CNN
Opinion,
and
her
work
for
NBC's
Olympics
coverage
earned
her
an
Emmy
in
2012
for
Outstanding
Live
Event
Turnaround.One
Goalis
her
fourth
book.
Recenzii
"The
perfect
parable
for
our
time."
—Jane Leavy, The Wall Street Journal
"A magnificent and significant book about soccer in the United States...at once a stark look at the lives of the Somali refugees and a serious study of why soccer matters as a link between disparate cultures and peoples....Some of the vignettes of life for these refugees are as unforgettable as any heart-stopping game."—The Globe & Mail
"AmyBass tells a story that encompasses many of the things people love aboutsports, but also epitomizes many of the reasons sports matter."—Bob Costas
"In this noisy era of glib hot-takes and childishfinger-pointing, it's too easy to forget that the national character--hardworking,immigrant-fueled, optimistic--was built from the bottom up. Let AmyBass remind you. Let her take you to our frosty upper righthand corner, toLewiston, Maine, where quiet heroes like Mike McGraw, Abdi H. andthe magical Blue Devils show again just how it's done. This is not just agreat story, deftly reported and unflinchingly told. It's not just a story ofone obscure high school season. It'stheAmerican story, justwhen you feared that it might be fading fast, renewed."—S.L. Price, Sports Illustrated Senior Writer and author of Playing Through The Whistle: Steel, Football and an American Town
"A lively, informative, and entertaining...underdog story that skillfully blends elements of human compassion, passion for a sport, determination, and endurance with overtones of societal pressure and racism. It's an exhilarating narrative that shows how perseverance and the ability to disregard the narrow-mindedness of xenophobia can lead to victory....An edifying and adrenaline-charged tale."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"At a time when America seems consumed by divisivenessand hate, along comesOne Goal, a beautiful and important reminder thathumanity's strength is its togetherness. Yes, on the surface this is a soccerbook. But Amy Bass' work is so much more. It's about overcoming odds, aboutembracing differences, about the triumph of will and spirit. A true gem of abook."—Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys Won and Gunslinger
"A story that is not only relevant to our national discourse, but essential. This is a book about the big 'isms,' but it is most of all a book about human beings, compellingly and movingly rendered."
—Jeremy Schaap, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Man
"A touching work showing how different groups can come together through sports"—Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
"In this gripping account of Lewiston's journey to its first-ever high-school soccer state championship, history professor Bass vividly tells the stories of the Somalis and Lewiston, exploring the resistance and racism the refugees faced in town and on the field....a heartening example of sport's ability to bring people together...Engrossing and informative."
—Booklist
"One Goalhasmade me feel optimistic about the country I live in. The vibrant, colorful andcourageous characters will make you smile. The coach of the Blue Devils, Mike McGraw, is the kind of man you wishyour own kids could learn from- and he teaches a lot more than soccer.OneGoalis about so much more than sports. It illustrates how powerful andtranscendent teamwork and community can be."—Mary Carillo, analyst, NBC Sports
"Amy Bass's book transcends sports and provides encouragement in discouraging times."
—Bill Littlefield, Boston Globe, Best Books of the Year
"Wondrous....The players' humble triumphs remind us that no win is toosmall....One Goalillustrates how sport changed the history of a smalltown in Maine and connected so many people. It's a relevant tale in today's political climate, where fear andbigotry can be conquered by inclusion, understanding, and the beautiful game."—Shireen Ahmed, co-host of the Burn It All Down podcast
"[A] relevant and rewarding narrative... Bass's effectiveportrayal of Lewiston as a microcosm of America's changing culture should berequired reading."—Publishers Weekly
"We can use more books that make us feel good about being Americans. This one does that."—Lee Miller, The Boston Globe
"Basscaptures the essence of this unlikely band of brothers perfectly. This isn't a story about a soccerteam....More than anything, this is a story of hope. The hope that brought thousands of Africansto a remote corner of the America in search of a better life. The hope that made a city finally open itsarms to the children of those immigrants. The hope that our future still might be better than our past."—Tom Caron, anchor, New England Sports Network
"One GoalisFriday Night Lightsfor the twenty-first century."—Brian Phillips, author of Impossible Owls
"The inspirational story of how Somali refugees and native-born white kids in Lewiston, Maine, banded together to win a state championship, helping bridge racial and cultural divides...Bass broadens the story to show how it fits into the story of immigration, racism, Islamaphobia and economic decline in rust belt American towns."—The Hollywood Reporter
—Jane Leavy, The Wall Street Journal
"A magnificent and significant book about soccer in the United States...at once a stark look at the lives of the Somali refugees and a serious study of why soccer matters as a link between disparate cultures and peoples....Some of the vignettes of life for these refugees are as unforgettable as any heart-stopping game."—The Globe & Mail
"AmyBass tells a story that encompasses many of the things people love aboutsports, but also epitomizes many of the reasons sports matter."—Bob Costas
"In this noisy era of glib hot-takes and childishfinger-pointing, it's too easy to forget that the national character--hardworking,immigrant-fueled, optimistic--was built from the bottom up. Let AmyBass remind you. Let her take you to our frosty upper righthand corner, toLewiston, Maine, where quiet heroes like Mike McGraw, Abdi H. andthe magical Blue Devils show again just how it's done. This is not just agreat story, deftly reported and unflinchingly told. It's not just a story ofone obscure high school season. It'stheAmerican story, justwhen you feared that it might be fading fast, renewed."—S.L. Price, Sports Illustrated Senior Writer and author of Playing Through The Whistle: Steel, Football and an American Town
"A lively, informative, and entertaining...underdog story that skillfully blends elements of human compassion, passion for a sport, determination, and endurance with overtones of societal pressure and racism. It's an exhilarating narrative that shows how perseverance and the ability to disregard the narrow-mindedness of xenophobia can lead to victory....An edifying and adrenaline-charged tale."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"At a time when America seems consumed by divisivenessand hate, along comesOne Goal, a beautiful and important reminder thathumanity's strength is its togetherness. Yes, on the surface this is a soccerbook. But Amy Bass' work is so much more. It's about overcoming odds, aboutembracing differences, about the triumph of will and spirit. A true gem of abook."—Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys Won and Gunslinger
"A story that is not only relevant to our national discourse, but essential. This is a book about the big 'isms,' but it is most of all a book about human beings, compellingly and movingly rendered."
—Jeremy Schaap, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Man
"A touching work showing how different groups can come together through sports"—Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
"In this gripping account of Lewiston's journey to its first-ever high-school soccer state championship, history professor Bass vividly tells the stories of the Somalis and Lewiston, exploring the resistance and racism the refugees faced in town and on the field....a heartening example of sport's ability to bring people together...Engrossing and informative."
—Booklist
"One Goalhasmade me feel optimistic about the country I live in. The vibrant, colorful andcourageous characters will make you smile. The coach of the Blue Devils, Mike McGraw, is the kind of man you wishyour own kids could learn from- and he teaches a lot more than soccer.OneGoalis about so much more than sports. It illustrates how powerful andtranscendent teamwork and community can be."—Mary Carillo, analyst, NBC Sports
"Amy Bass's book transcends sports and provides encouragement in discouraging times."
—Bill Littlefield, Boston Globe, Best Books of the Year
"Wondrous....The players' humble triumphs remind us that no win is toosmall....One Goalillustrates how sport changed the history of a smalltown in Maine and connected so many people. It's a relevant tale in today's political climate, where fear andbigotry can be conquered by inclusion, understanding, and the beautiful game."—Shireen Ahmed, co-host of the Burn It All Down podcast
"[A] relevant and rewarding narrative... Bass's effectiveportrayal of Lewiston as a microcosm of America's changing culture should berequired reading."—Publishers Weekly
"We can use more books that make us feel good about being Americans. This one does that."—Lee Miller, The Boston Globe
"Basscaptures the essence of this unlikely band of brothers perfectly. This isn't a story about a soccerteam....More than anything, this is a story of hope. The hope that brought thousands of Africansto a remote corner of the America in search of a better life. The hope that made a city finally open itsarms to the children of those immigrants. The hope that our future still might be better than our past."—Tom Caron, anchor, New England Sports Network
"One GoalisFriday Night Lightsfor the twenty-first century."—Brian Phillips, author of Impossible Owls
"The inspirational story of how Somali refugees and native-born white kids in Lewiston, Maine, banded together to win a state championship, helping bridge racial and cultural divides...Bass broadens the story to show how it fits into the story of immigration, racism, Islamaphobia and economic decline in rust belt American towns."—The Hollywood Reporter