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Chargement... Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom (édition 2018)par Angie Abdou (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreHome Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom par Angie Abdou
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Biography & Autobiography.
Sports & Recreations.
Nonfiction.
HTML: The author of the Canada Readsâ??nominated The Bone Cage tackles the ups and downs of amateur hockey, from a mother's point of view Over 570,000 people are registered in Hockey Canada and over 600,000 in Hockey USA. It's a national obsession. But what does that really mean when your child wants to play on a team? As a former varsity athlete and university instructor teaching sport literature, novelist Angie Abdou is no stranger to sport obsession, but she finds herself conflicted when faced with the reality of the struggles, joys, and strains of having a child in amateur hockey. In Home Ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, Abdou charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insider's view of parenting today's young athlete in a competitive and high-pressure culture. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)796.962083The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Winter sports Ice games and sports Ice hockeyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.6)
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The book is well written and it made me want to pick up her non-fiction book, [The Bone Cage], which is about the years after competition for a high-level swimmer and a top wrestler. I think I might enjoy that one even more because, in this book, the apologies for personal conduct seemed to get in the way. I kept thinking "talk more about sports and less about your marriage."
I'd give this one 3.5 stars which, for me, is a neutral rating. It has its moments. I loved it when her son, Ollie, was happy. I loved some of her insights into sports. Yet, too often, it got bogged down with personal flaws and apologies.
I received this book from Net Galley in exchange for a fair and honest review. (