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Love, Zac - Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy (Paperback)
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Love, Zac - Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R370
Discovery Miles 3 700
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"Love, Zac is not just a vital contribution to the national
conversation about traumatic brain injury in athletes, it's so
beautifully written it belongs on the shelf alongside classic works
of literary journalism." --Jeanne Marie Laskas, New York Times
bestselling author of Concussion In December 2015, Zac Easter, a
twenty-four-year-old from small-town Iowa, decided to take his own
life rather than continue his losing battle against traumatic brain
injuries he had sustained as a high school football player and
which led him to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
For this deeply reported and powerfully moving true story,
award-winning writer Reid Forgrave was given access to Zac's own
diaries and was able to speak with Zac's family, friends, and
coaches. He explores Zac's tight-knit, football-obsessed Midwestern
community; he interviews leading brain scientists, psychologists,
and sports historians; he takes a deep dive into the triumphs and
sins of the sports entertainment industry; and he shows us the
fallout from the traditional notions of manhood that football
instills. For parents wondering about whether to allow their kids
to play football, for players, former players, and fans, for anyone
concerned about concussions and sports, this eye-opening,
heart-wrenching, and ultimately inspiring story may be one of the
most important books they will read.
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