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My Losing Season: A Memoir
During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life--and a crucible for becoming his own man.
With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966-67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated.
Praise for My Losing Season
"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written."--The Washington Post Book World
"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to love."--Houston Chronicle
"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that losers always tell the best stories."--Newsweek
"In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it."--New York Daily News
"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction."--Boston Herald
Book Details
- Publisher: Dial Press
- Publish Date: Aug 26th, 2003
- Pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.26in - 0.90in - 0.73lb
- EAN: 9780553381900
- Categories: • Basketball• Sports• Memoirs
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Author - The Art of Looking for Trouble and The Summer We Almost Painted the House (Coming Soon). Army veteran, Chef, MBA, Writer, #writingcommunity
@Nunn5Mariah @stephenRB4 Pat Conroy was also a big influence. I loved The Great Santini and Lord's of Discipline. My Losing Season was so honest and heartfelt I was tearing up
Praise for this book
"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written."--The Washington Post Book World
"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to love."--Houston Chronicle
"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that losers always tell the best stories."--Newsweek
"In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it."--New York Daily News
"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction."--Boston Herald
What people are saying
Author - The Art of Looking for Trouble and The Summer We Almost Painted the House (Coming Soon). Army veteran, Chef, MBA, Writer, #writingcommunity
@Nunn5Mariah @stephenRB4 Pat Conroy was also a big influence. I loved The Great Santini and Lord's of Discipline. My Losing Season was so honest and heartfelt I was tearing up