Bleachers

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High school All American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.As Coach Rake s boys sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake or hate him For Neely Crenshaw, still struggling to come to terms with his explosive relationship with the Coach, his dreams of a great career in the NFL, and the choices he made as a young man, the stakes could not be higher. Read Bleachers By John Grisham – kino-fada.fr Sporty read enjoyable,heartwarming,well developed characters with good storytelling..recommend paperbackAs an ex football player myself, I could really identify with the characters in this book The audio edition was excellent.It was not fun Guys who played high school football 15 yrs ago reminisce about the past Melancholy and sadness.STORY BRIEF Eddie Rake was a tough, mean, high school football coach with undefeated teams for many years He now has cancer and is expected to die any day Guys who used to play football for him have returned to town for the coming funeral Neely was a star quarterback in high school His career was cut short due to a knee injury in college Neely talks with other guys about the past It was not fun Guys who played high school football 15 yrs ago reminisce about the past Melancholy and sadness.STORY BRIEF Eddie Rake was a tough, mean, high school football coach with undefeated teams for many years He now has cancer and is expected to die any day Guys w...A High school football star comes back to his hometown to bid farewell to his dying coach The book is about group of friends reminiscing the glory days of playing together and their relationship with their coach Word of caution The book is centered around American football and their recollections of their memorable games incl a long play by play commentary of 1 particular game So if you have no idea about the game, you will find it annoying after a point Sadly,the rel...When you re famous at eighteen, you spend the rest of your life fading away You dream of the glory days, but you know they re gone forever This makes for an interesting change of pace and style for Grisham It proves that he can write outside his usual genre and just about get away with it Bleachers is a nostalgic tale of dreams lost and memories swirling The town of Messina is in mourning Their feared yet beloved football coach Eddie Rake is on his death bed As his condition deteriorateWhen you re famous at eighteen, you spend the rest of your life fading away You dream of the glory days, but you know they re gone forever This makes for an interesting change of pace and style for Grisham It proves that he can write outside his usual genre and just about get away with it Bleachers is a nostalgic tale of dreams lost and m...Fifteen years after swearing he would never return, Neely Crenshaw finds himself back in Messina, Texas, awaiting final word that local legend and former football coach Eddie Rake has died When he left, Neely had become a local legend as one of the best quarterbacks in Messina High s history, but a falling out between him and the coach left him bitter and kept him away until this moment Now, he finds himself drudging up the specters of the past with his former teammates as well as other former Fifteen years after swearing he would never return, Neely Crenshaw finds himself back in Messina, Texas, awaiting final word that local legend and former football coach Eddie Rake has died When he left, Neely had become a local legend as one of the best quarterbacks in Messina High s history, but a falling out between him and the coach left him bitter and kept him away until this moment Now, he finds himself drudging up the specters of the past with his former teammates as well as other former Rake players from other eras This is a very painful no...Couldn t put it down And it makes you think about how people influence you and how strong a bond is between coaches and players This was excellent.I ve had this book for a long time, probably since it was released in 2003 I knew it was about football and didn t expect it to be fast paced or action packed It s not a John Grisham thriller, for sure Overall, it s a nice story Kind of dark, maybe ...I do own Grisham books, but only because family members keep buying them for me on birthday s and xmas s I smile politely and thank them, wishing they would include the receipt I have read this, and i don t recommend it unless you are 10 years old and want to start reading adult fiction Dull, dull...Holy majoly I was so glad this book was short It was lame o.Imagine the movie Varsity Blues, then add about 15 years with the full cast of characters coming back to town because the death of the former coach is imminent That is the plot summary in a nutshell.Cheeeesy.

Bleachers
  • English
  • 12 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 229 pages
  • John Grisham
  • Bleachers