The Blind Side
Evolution of a Game
by Michael Lewis
Recommended by Ev Williams and Malcolm Gladwell
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Nfl, Football, and American Football.
When we first meet Michael Oher, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football and school after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution o...
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