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When the taxi Mandy is riding in runs out of petrol, she and her companion are stranded alongside a country road with their fellow passengers, all of whom are Zulu.
While they wait for help, friendships develop as they share problems and stories and Mandy finds herself drawn to 8-year-old Jabulani, an AIDS orphan. She determines to help the boy, but what she proposes to do is not an easy road to follow; she faces legal and logistical problems, and much opposition.
There is one person who supports her though, a lawyer whom she meets in Durban. Meeting him adds to her dilemma and she is torn by conflicting loyalties.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE
‘The greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of
its greatest writers’ Gary Lineker 'A spellbinding piece of
work' Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter
Award-winning writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and
unmissable account of the story of the England men's football team,
published as they prepare for the World Cup in Qatar. On 30
November 1872, England took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in
Glasgow, a match that is regarded as the first international
fixture. More than 5,000 fans watched the two sides play out a 0-0
draw. It was the first of more than a thousand games played by the
side, and the beginning of a national love affair that unites the
country in a way that few other events can match. In Hayward's
brilliant new biography of the team, based on interviews with
dozens of past and present players and coaches, including Viv
Anderson, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and current coach Gareth
Southgate, we get a vivid portrait of all aspects of the team's
story, reliving highlights such as the World Cup victory in 1966
and the time when football came home in Euro 96, as well as the low
points when the players were obliged to give the Nazi salute in
1938 and the era when England's hooligan fans brought shame on the
nation. From Stanley Matthews and Bobby Moore through to more
modern heroes such as Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney
and Harry Kane, Hayward brings a large cast of characters to life.
For anyone who wants to understand England football, and why it
means so much to so many, England Football: The Biography is an
essential and vital read.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'The
greatest story in English sport told beautifully by one of its
greatest writers' Gary Lineker 'A spellbinding piece of work'
Oliver Holt; 'Absolute tour de force' Henry Winter Award-winning
writer Paul Hayward delivers a compelling and unmissable account of
the story of the England men's football team, published as they
prepare for the World Cup in Qatar. On 30 November 1872, England
took on Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow, a match that is
regarded as the first international fixture. More than 5,000 fans
watched the two sides play out a 0-0 draw. It was the first of more
than a thousand games played by the side, and the beginning of a
national love affair that unites the country in a way that few
other events can match. In Hayward's brilliant new biography of the
team, based on interviews with dozens of past and present players
and coaches, including Viv Anderson, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and
current coach Gareth Southgate, we get a vivid portrait of all
aspects of the team's story, reliving highlights such as the World
Cup victory in 1966 and the time when football came home in Euro
96, as well as the low points when the players were obliged to give
the Nazi salute in 1938 and the era when England's hooligan fans
brought shame on the nation. From Stanley Matthews and Bobby Moore
through to more modern heroes such as Paul Gascoigne, David
Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane, Hayward brings a large cast
of characters to life. For anyone who wants to understand England
football, and why it means so much to so many, England Football:
The Biography is an essential and vital read.
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