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Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season
Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season
Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season
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Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season

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A father's true story of his high-school-age son's winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan. When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son's future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt's soccer season?Is Matt's success in soccer just setting him up for disappointment later in life? With the pensive eye of an artist, Wetherell follows his son's team from field to field and win to win and ruminates on topics ranging from soccer's esoteric appeal in America to the conflicting emotions of a parent sending his youngest child out into the world. Reflecting on his own experiences both as a participant and a spectator, Wetherell offers a paean to the sport of soccer and the joys of parenthood. Updated and revised with a new chapter that brings Soccer Dad fully up to date, this is an exciting new edition that readers will enjoy for years to come.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSkyhorse
Release dateSep 17, 2008
ISBN9781628731224
Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season
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W. D. Wetherell

W.D. Wetherell is a novelist, story writer, and essayist who has published more than twenty books. His World War I novel, A Century of November, was published to wide acclaim, praised as “ a small classic of language and emotion” (San Francisco Chronicle). Wetherell has published four previous books from Skyhorse/Arcade, including Summer of the Bass, On Admiration, Soccer Dad, and his latest novel, The Writing on the Wall. He resides in Lyme Center, New Hampshire.

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    Not terrible for a free book on my Kindle. It had some good insights into the life of a sports parent. It got on my nerves some because the dad seemed to think that his son and teammates were teh best soccer players ever. I think he seemed to think that his experience was a lot more unique than it actually was.

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