{"product_id":"my-losing-season-book-pat-conroy-9780553381900","title":"My Losing Season","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball--and life itself--by the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Santini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life--and a crucible for becoming his own man.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966-67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMy Losing Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to love.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that losers always tell the best stories.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eMy Losing Season,\u003c\/i\u003e Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530542358801,"sku":"CIN0553381903G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49619245498641,"sku":"GOR001823841","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49654681108753,"sku":"GOR005262769","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50467767091473,"sku":"CIN0553381903A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50696162935057,"sku":"CIN0553381903VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51003560001809,"sku":"NIN9780553381900","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51242722296081,"sku":"GOR006826926","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52997568528657,"sku":"CIN0553381903LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0553381903.jpg?v=1750879165","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/my-losing-season-book-pat-conroy-9780553381900","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}