Fall River Dreams - by Bill Reynolds (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this lyrical, deeply-felt, unforgettable book, the author of Lost Summer, Big Hoops, and, with Rick Pitino, Born to Coach spends a season with the kids, coaches, families, teachers, and fans of the Durfee High School basketball team in Fall River, Massasschusetts--a journey through the past and present of an American town in pursuit of its lost youth and spirit. Photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this deeply felt, unforgettable book, Bill Reynolds journeys with a high school basketball team through the past and present of an American town. Fall River, Massachusetts, is a once-prosperous industrial center haunted by its history, the Durfee High School basketball team begins its annual drive for a state championship: a quest that inspires and sometimes consumes kids, coaches, families, teachers, and all of Fall River. <p/><i>Fall River Dreams </i>is the story of one season's quest-a classic book about sports, youth, time, hope, and memory in America today.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A beautiful blend of sweetness, pain, and truth. Basketball runs through this book like a stream of light, illuminating all it touches." --<i>Rick Telander, author of Heaven Is a Playground</i> <p/>"A remarkable book, open and honest, full of the joys and the pain of growing up." --<i>The Sporting News</i> <p/>"Bill Reynolds is one of the best writers around, and this book is the <i>Friday Night Lights </i>of high school basketball." --<i>Dan Shaughnessy, author of Ever Green</i> <p/>"Simply a classic...every word has the ring of truth. Reminds me of Norman Mclean's <i>Young Men and Fire</i>." --<i>Greg Donaldson, author of The Ville</i> <p/>"Reynolds uncovers, in a moving and sensitive book, the desperate values of a city whose only dream is basketball glory." --<i>James Chace, Newsday</i> <p/>"Superbly observed and compassionately rendered, <i>Fall River Dreams </i>reminds us of why sports matter." --<i>Alexander Wolff, author of Raw Recruits</i> <p/>"Reynolds does a fine job...<i>Fall River Dreams </i>illustrates that sports can provide marvelous highs, but that the joy of achievement can be supplanted by the desperate needs to win-again and again and again." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Bill Reynolds</b> is a sports columnist for <i>The Providence Journal</i> and the author of several books, including (with Rick Pitino) the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Success Is a Choice</i>. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.</p>
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