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The First Game with My Father

The First Game with My Father

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In the early winter of 1983 a generous season for memories Michael Tierney attended his first - and only - game with his father John. For a self-employed electrician with nine children to support this was the rarest of opportunities. Miraculously Celtic overturned a first-leg deficit to thrash Sporting Lisbon 5-0 with a team of home-grown talent players that felt as one with the fans.
As the years pass that one magical evening fades in the bustle of family commitments and the constant spectre of unemployment. Then in 2002 John Tierney has a severe stroke that renders him immobile and unable to talk. For his wife Catherine for Michael and his five sisters and three brothers the landscape of life would change irrevocably. But three decades later Michael and his wheelchair-bound parent would make an emotional return to Celtic Park.
The First Game with My Father is an evocative family memoir and a journey of discovery into lives that diverge yet are knitted together by moments of sorrow and joy and into the nature of identity especially when tragedy renders a man voiceless. The most intimate portrait of a father and son and how a football team unites them in an unbreakable bond it is also the story of a city a community and a treasured way of life.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2015-05-28
Publication Date:
2015-05-28
Publisher:
Black Swan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0552779636
ISBN13:
9780552779630
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Weight:
468 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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