An edition of The Assist (2008)
The Assist
Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives
By Neil Swidey
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Publish Date
January 7, 2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
eng
Pages
392
Description:
"Anyone who cares about Boston and race and hope and hoops will take heart from Neil Swidey's The Assist, in which decent kids jockey for a lucky break in a world in which decency and luck are often in short supply. Set in compact, feisty, history-haunted Charlestown, this book is a powerhouse work of literary journalism about a powerhouse basketball program and the coach who would't take no for an anwser." Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle, from the bookjacket.