NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir
about family, love, loss, basketball--and life itself--by the beloved
author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
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.
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.
Praise for My Losing Season
"A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has
written."--The Washington Post Book World
"A wonderfully rich memoir that you don't have to be a sports fan to
love."--Houston Chronicle
"A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here's ample proof that
losers always tell the best stories."--Newsweek
"In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his
difficult past and almost everyone in it."--New York Daily News
"Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling
fiction."--Boston Herald
