With a keen eye and ear for story, "Hockey Night in Canada" host
and bestselling author Scott Russell chronicles a sport both exotic
and familiar -- curling.
Canadians have a unique enthusiasm for curling. It transcends
barriers. World-class athletes curl with absolute beginners, and
grandmothers and grandsons take to the ice together. There are more
than a million registered curlers in anada, and millions more tune
in to watch curling events on television. The outpouring of emotion
that followed Sandra Schmirler's death revealed that curlers are
counted among our national heroes.
Curling doesn't offer the excitement of other winter sports -- no
thunderous body checks, no vertical leaps, no million-dollar
superstars. But when Scott Russell visited curling clubs across the
country, attended the Brier in Calgary and the Olympic games in
Salt Lake City, and spent time with curlers, from celebrities like
Colleen Jones to the unsung father, uncle and son-team who built
the Eagle Hill Curling Club in Alberta, he discovered the magical
allure of curling. As Canadian Olympic gold medalist Joan McCusker
said of curling's appeal: "Ordinary people doing extraordinary
things is the attraction."
Open House takes us inside the world of curling, and captures the
spirit and lore of the sport, the dedication and passion of its
participants.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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