Blind Side : Evolution of a Game

It's not a jock book. It's not a sociology book. It's astorybook about modern society, ancient virtues, and the power oflove, money and talent to do a little good." -- Jay Hancock, Baltimore Sun One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletesin the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is oneof thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does notknow his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read orwrite. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white,evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two greatforces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution ofprofessional football itself into a game in which the quarterbackmust be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes thepriceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guardthe quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side. This paperback edition contains a brand-new 2007 afterword.