In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle
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| Author(s) | Madeleine Blais |
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| Subtitle | A True Story of Hoop Dreams and One Very Special Team |
| Publisher | Warner Books |
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| Begun as an article in the New York Times Magazine, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle offers a close-up of the girls on a high school basketball team whose passion for the sport is rivaled only by their loyalty to one another. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais’s book takes the reader through a season in the history of the Lady Hurricanes of Amherst, Massachusetts, from tryouts and practices during the regular season up through the final championship game. The result is a moving narrative that captures the complexities of girls’… | |
Begun as an article in the New York Times Magazine, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle offers a close-up of the girls on a high school basketball team whose passion for the sport is rivaled only by their loyalty to one another. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais’s book takes the reader through a season in the history of the Lady Hurricanes of Amherst, Massachusetts, from tryouts and practices during the regular season up through the final championship game. The result is a moving narrative that captures the complexities of girls’ experiences in high school, sports, and society. It is a compelling and touching literary exploration of one group of girls’ fight for success and respect… and a dramatization of the success of the women’s movement and a testimony to all the changes yet to come.
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They were a talented team with a near-perfect record but a reputation for choking in the crunch of the state playoffs. Finally, after five straight years of disappointments, the Amherst Lady Hurricanes found they just might have what it took to go all the way. This is a fierce, funny, and intimate look into their minds and hearts during one very special season. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
