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A Most Beautiful Thing - The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Paperback)
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A Most Beautiful Thing - The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 500
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Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay Cooper knows
the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs, the
hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by junkies he calls
"zombies" with strung out arms, clutching at him as he passes by.
His mother is a recovering addict, and his three siblings all sleep
in a one room apartment, a small infantry against the war zone on
the street below. Arshay keeps to himself, preferring to write
poetry about the girl he has a crush on, and spends his school days
in the home-ec kitchen dreming of becoming a chef. And then one day
as he's walking out of school he notices boats lined up on the
floor of the gymnasium, and a poster that reads "Join the Crew
Team". Arshay, having no idea what the sport of crew is, decides to
take a chance. This decision to join is one that will forever
change his life, and those of his fellow teammates. As Arshay and
his teammates begin to come together, learning not only how to row,
many never having been in water before, the sport takes them from
the mean streets of Chicago, to the hallowed halls of the Ivy
League. But Arshay and his teammates face adversity at every turn,
from racism, gang violence, and a sport that has never seen anyone
like them before. A Most Beautiful Thing is the inspiring true
story about the most unlikely band of brothers that form a family,
and forever change a sport and their lives for the better.
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