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Paul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least
understood. An iconic football presence during a professional
career stretching over 14 years, he played for his country in the
European Championship finals of 1988 and the World Cup finals of
1990 and 1994. But, behind the implied glamour of life in the
employ of great English clubs like Manchester United and Aston
Villa, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions that
made his success in the game little short of miraculous. That story
has until now never been told. It is a story that runs from a hard,
hidden childhood spent in Dublin's orphanages all the way to the
pain of two marriage break-ups and the struggle to cope with life
after football. Quite apart from his all too public struggle with
alcoholism, the story runs through the surreal highs and calamitous
lows of a life lived habitually on the edge of chaos. It is not
just a football story. It is an extraordinary human story that is
certain to surprise with its candour. Here, for the first time,
read about the father he never met; the mother whose love never
died; the routine loneliness and ritual bullying endured by a black
kid growing up behind closed doors in 1960s Dublin; the emotional
breakdown suffered on leaving that institution; the recovery that -
remarkably - brought him all the way to Old Trafford; the
rollercoaster ride that followed. Here, the guilt, fear,
self-loathing are all laid bare in a story fired with hope and
determination for the future. It may well be the most candid sports
book ever written.
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Lady in the Dark (DVD)
Ann Sothern, James Daly, Luella Gear, Carleton Carpenter, Paul McGrath, …
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Discovery Miles 5 240
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Max Liebman directs this adaptation of the 1941 musical which was
broadcast live on TV. The story follows Liza Elliott (Ann Sothern),
an unhappy female editor of Allure magazine who is undergoing a
series of psychoanalysis sessions. The cast also includes James
Daly, Luella Gear and Carleton Carpenter.
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