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Following On - A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket (Paperback) Loot Price: R322
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Following On - A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket (Paperback): Emma John

Following On - A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket (Paperback)

Emma John

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It's one thing to be 14 years old and a loser. It's one thing to be the class swot, and hopelessly infatuated with someone who doesn't know you exist. But what kind of teenager is besotted with an entire sports team - when the players are even bigger losers than she is? In 1993, while everyone else was learning Oasis lyrics and crushing on Kate Moss or Keanu, Emma John was obsessing over the England cricket team. She spent her free time making posters of the players she adored. She spent her pocket money on Panini stickers of them, and followed their progress with a single-mindedness that bordered on the psychopathic. The primary object of her affection: Michael Atherton, a boyishly handsome captain who promised to lead his young troops to glory. But what followed was one of the worst sporting streaks of all time - a decade of frustration, dismay and comically bungling performances that made the England cricket team a byword for British failure. Nearly a quarter of a century on, Emma John wants to know why she spent her teenage years defending such a bunch of no-hopers. She seeks out her childhood heroes with two questions: why did they never win? And why on earth did she love them so much?

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Imprint: Wisden
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2017
Authors: Emma John
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-1689-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Cricket
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-4729-1689-1
Barcode: 9781472916891

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