Talking To Girls About Football: Three Short Works Of Fiction - Couverture souple

Lawson III, John

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ISBN 10 : 1546987657 ISBN 13 : 9781546987659

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

TALKING TO GIRLS ABOUT FOOTBALL is a collection of three short stories that explore relationships between men and women. These stories involve football, but they're not about football. The stories were previously available only as individual electronic books. In LOVE AND POWERPOINT, Joan has everything Lawrence wants in a woman. She's beautiful and smart with a taste for good books that gets Lawrence thinking about more than football. And she has a disdain for bureaucracy, which might be the thing he likes most about her. But there's the problem of the video. Is it too much to accept? Should he keep his feelings to himself? And is it fair to even think of his humiliation when hers is far worse? In LOOKS LIKE MICHELLE YEOH, RUNS LIKE ERIC DICKERSON, two adolescents learn how to be independent. William and his sister, Isabelle, have many opportunities open to them. They don’t need to take many risks to reach the goals in life that they’re expected to reach. But who’s setting these expectations? Where’s the thrill? Maybe William doesn’t want to major in business and then grind through a passionless, lucrative, country-club-approved life. Maybe Isabelle, a talented ballerina, would like to use her blinding speed just to see what it’s like to play a game of tackle football against guys. Suspecting that there’s more to life than conforming, avoiding risks, and projecting an image, William and Isabelle don’t let the pull of privilege divert them from living their lives. In ELI MANNING, THE 2007 PATRIOTS, AND RATIONALIZATION, the reader appreciates how compelling facts and strong arguments are of little use against the stubborn. Walter, like most Patriots’ fans, can't accept the cataclysmic upset his team endured in Super Bowl 42, when New England’s glorious 18-0 season became a painful 18-1 disappointment. He's a college senior who's smart, but not open-minded enough to understand why his beloved Patriots fell to Eli Manning. And he struggles even more to understand why his current crush sees anything in the sixth-year senior he dismissively calls “Clarinet Man.” His sister, who would be equally at ease among the Rockettes or at a reconvening of the Algonquin Round Table, encourages him to look at things less rigidly, but inclinations and mental habits are difficult to break.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Lawson III is a military analyst, a former journalist, and a former Marine. He is the author of TOM LANDRY AND BILL WALSH. Lawson appeared on A TALE OF TWO CITIES, the NFL Films documentary on the rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. He spent most of his journalism career as a reporter for THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. He has spent his career as an analyst working as a contractor for the Air Force and the Marines. Lawson holds degrees from Washington & Lee University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Florida. His wife, Beth McMurtrie, is a reporter for THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. They have two children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1546987657
• ISBN 13: 9781546987659
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
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