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  • My Losing Season

  • By: Pat Conroy
  • Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
  • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (32 ratings)

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My Losing Season

By: Pat Conroy
Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
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Publisher's summary

New York Times best seller

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 best-selling 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.

PLEASE NOTE: This is the abridged edition. An unabridged version is also available.

©2002, 2003 Pat Conroy (P)2019 Random House Audio
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Critic reviews

"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)

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Pat Conroy - heartfelt wordsmith

Storyline so intense - can not put the book down for long - can’t wait to see what happens next. Human triumph and tragedy. Excellent reader

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One word: Brilliant

Pat Conroy has a gift, a beautiful gift of insight and understanding; it is made more beautiful because it is mixed with an amazingly ability to string together the right words into the right sentences at the exact right moment. His passion for words and language captures the reader and takes them on a journey. This book is a testament to his way with words and his uncanny ability to enlighten readers/listeners.

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