Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son - Couverture rigide

Bissinger, Buzz

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ISBN 10 : 0547816561 ISBN 13 : 9780547816562

Editeur : Eamon Dolan / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

Synopsis

Father's Day The best-selling author of "Friday Night Lights" and "3 Nights in August" journeys across country and into the psyche of his son and traveling companion, where he finds not only the remarkable skills and debilities known as savantism, but a host of qualities we should all emulate.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A remarkable memoir from the best-selling author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August.

Buzz Bissinger’s twins were born three minutes—and a world—apart. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student at Penn, preparing to become a teacher. His brother Zach has spent his life attending special schools. He’ll never drive a car, or kiss a girl, or live by himself. He is a savant, challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty that can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.

Buzz realized that while he had always been an attentive father, he didn’t really understand what it was like to be Zach. So one summer night Buzz and Zach hit the road to revisit all the places they have lived together during Zach’s twenty-four years. Zach revels in his memories, and Buzz hopes this journey into their shared past will bring them closer and reveal to him the mysterious workings of his son’s mind and heart. The trip also becomes Buzz's personal journey, yielding revelations about his own parents, the price of ambition, and its effect on his twins.

As father and son journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, they see the best and worst of America and each other. Ultimately, Buzz gains a new and uplifting wisdom, realizing that Zach’s worldview has a sturdy logic of its own: a logic that deserves the greatest respect. And with the help of Zach’s twin, Gerry, Buzz learns an even more vital lesson about Zach: character transcends intellect. We come to see Zach as he truly is: patient, fearless, perceptive, kind—a man of excellent character.

Revue de presse

Praise for Friday Night Lights "Excellent and apparently immortal."--Boston Globe"Friday Night Lights has just about everything you could ask for...atmosphere, excitement and sheer gladiatorial spectacle...a cast of characters so rich that even a novelist (or a screenwriter) couldn't improve on it."--New York Times

"A remarkable book, fascinating from start to finish, full of surprises." – David Halberstam

Praise for Three Nights in August

"Superb...a fascinating look inside the managing of a professional baseball team." --John Grisham, The New York Times Book Review

"A first-rate account of a battle of titans...A real treat for scholarly baseball fans, and a better management book than most on the business shelves."--Kirkus Review, Starred Review

"The best baseball book I've read in a decade."--Rocky Mountain News

"A can't-miss collaboration...a richly detailed examination of the hidden game of baseball and the manager's role in trying to solve its endless riddles--Chicago Tribune

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Eamon Dolan / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547816561
• ISBN 13: 9780547816562
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256