Vulnerable in Hearts by Sandy Balfour
Part memoir, part history, part entertainment, Vulnerable in Hearts is a meditation on how we communicate; why we play games; and the ways in which we love. Sandy Balfour's father and the game of contract bridge were both conceived in 1925. Vulnerable in Hearts spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour's life and the same period in the epic story of bridge's spread around the world. Sandy Balfour's poignant and beguiling book traces both journeys to explore the relationships between a game and an empire (and the rules that supported it); and a father and a son.
Balfour's double theme works beautifully and he remembers his last conversations with his dying father, 'as they had always been, coded, cautious, and full of silences.. like the bidding in bridge. * Observer *
Instructive, entertaining (very) and at times quite poignant. * The Times *
Once again I approach a Sandy Balfour book in almost total ignorance of the subject matter and once again I am drawn in, beguiled, intrigued. * Daily Mail *
Instructive, entertaining (very) and at times quite poignant. * The Times *
Once again I approach a Sandy Balfour book in almost total ignorance of the subject matter and once again I am drawn in, beguiled, intrigued. * Daily Mail *
Sandy Balfour was born in South Africa and emigrated to Britain in 1983. He is an award-winning producer and the author of Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile and Crosswords and I Say Nothing (3). He has been known, on occasion, to complete entire crosswords. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843543664 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843543664 |
| Title | Vulnerable in Hearts |
| Author | Sandy Balfour |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2006-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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