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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game |  | Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Rating:  185 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
Media: Paperback
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0393330478
Dewey Decimal Number: 921
EAN: 9780393330472
ASIN: 0393330478
Publication Date: September 17, 2007
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Product Description
"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."—Janet Maslin, New York Times One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, 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 of professional football itself into a game in which the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side. This paperback edition contains a brand-new 2007 afterword. .
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 Not the book I thought I was buying November 25, 2009
Usni (Oregon, USA)
While I was browsing at a book store I did a quick flip through of this book, I only read the part about Lawrence Taylor and the history and importance of the left tackle and basically got it into my head that the rest of the book was going to be like that. I recently bought the book and was dissapointed to see that most of the book was about the real life story of Michael Oher.
The story of Michael Oher I thought was a very nice story but didn't really capture my imagination. It seemed a bit cliche even though it was true story and didn't really have anything that really touched me. I thought at the very least it was going to detail how Oher learned to be a offensive tackle (to in essence connect his story to the left tackle history) but it really didn't and was more of a human interest story.
The Tuhoys generosity is inspiring but the reason I didn't embrace the story is because I felt that Michael Oher was not really a sympathetic character (even with his sad childhood). I don't understand why this boy captured Leigh Anne's heart besides being pityable. He didn't do anything to charming or heartwarming he was just kinda at the right place at the right time. What made him so special (besides being huge) that she adopted him but not some other poor black teen? I don't get it. Also I'm a relativley shy person myself so I understand being quiet and all but I just couldn't relate to how aloof Michael Oher was. I mean if some rich white lady decides to buy me new clothes and then adopts me and put me in her will I'd be thanking her every 5 seconds but Michael doesn't show much gratitude. The thing I kept thinking is how lucky Michael Oher is that no only on top of the inheritance he will be getting he will also have his NFL earnings.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh on Michael Oher but that's just the way I feel.
 Great Book November 24, 2009
Joe (Warwick, NY United States)
Great Book, It is about time we have some more positive storys hit the mainstream. Michael Lewis blends football with the touching story of Michael Oher. I reccomend this book!
If You Think This Is Only About Football, Think Again November 18, 2009
C. Bridner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not just a book about football, a book about the extraordinary life of an underprivileged individual whose life changed based upon the kindness and determination of others. I want to laugh, cry, and cheer all at the same time while reading this. I read all 339 pages in less than 24 hours, something I never do even when I love a book, I simply COULD NOT put this down. I don't care if you're a man or woman, football fan or not, you will find a reason to fall in love with this story.
Football book for a non-fan November 15, 2009
Inveterate reader (Nashville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was one of the best-written, most moving books I have read in a long time. It is a truly compelling story. The football angle, while important, is almost tangential to the most significant aspects of the book -- the characters themselves. Although this would appeal to a sports enthusiast, it is also a must-read for bibliophiles like me.
For Those Who Want to Read About the Good in the World ... October 26, 2009
TSabonis (Sioux City, IA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Michael Lewis has hit two home runs ... or scored two touchdowns, pick your sports analogy. Blind Side is two books in one. First it is a analytical look at the evolution of NFL football. With Bill Walsh perfecting the west coast offense, basically a timing based system where the QB drops back and throws to a predefined location, stretching the field laterally. The makes the QB in his offense ineffective if his timing is disrupted. Along comes Lawrence Taylor who hit quarterbacks behind the line of scrimmage so often they had to create the sack! So with the timing based system and nuts like LT bursting around the Blind Side a premium was placed on the guy blocking that side. The bar is set so high for Blindside tackles are the second highest paid position in the NFL.
Interspersed through the book you get to meet Michael Oher and hear his story. It is the best feelgood sports story, and possibly most life affirming tale I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Michael was essentially homeless in the ghetto of Memphis when through determination and luck he enrolls in Briar Crest, a nearly all white affluent christian high school on the other side of town. Fate shine on him in the early going when a student and her mother see Michael walking down the street in shorts and a T shirt on a cold day. Mrs. Touhy(?) saw the need and took upon herself to offer a hand. What resulted was the rebuilding of a life destroyed by ambivalence.
This is a fantastic read, i recommend it to all who enjoy reading about the good in the world.
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