{"product_id":"the-season-a-fans-story-by-helen-garner","title":"The Season: A Fan's Story by Helen Garner","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_xXKMQqAMBBE0avI1GkUbLZUQS30AmKhGEEMWdkkjeLdXbv3h3kQNtC-uGANAjMoSlJeEYSK-YQ63KCiVDgd-7Ed8H_VzTA2vy_QNOUG6pp9lGNNkUWrXcRbMVlnnfWY5_cDlSrhcnAAAAA\u0026amp;R=86660739\u0026amp;dNo=1#\"\u003ePantheon Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved master of Australian letters Helen Garner comes a brand new work of nonfiction, exploring boyhood, football, and the quotidian joys of family life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelen Garner is one of the most \"prodigiously gifted\" writers of our time ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), best known for her intricate portraits of \"ordinary people in difficult times\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she trains her keen, journalistic eye on the most difficult time of all: adolescence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGarner and her grandson Amby are deep in the throes of a shared obsession with Australian football--or \"footy\"--as Amby advances into his local club's Under-16s. From her trademark remove, Garner documents the camaraderie and the competition on the field: the bracing nights of training, the endurance of pain, the growth of a gaggle of laughing boys into a formidable, focused team.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Season\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis part dispatch on boyhood, chronicling the tenderness between young men that so often scurries away under too bright a spotlight, and part love letter to parenthood and family, as Garner becomes enmeshed in the community that gathers to watch their boys do battle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e finds Garner rejoicing in the later years of her life, surprised to discover their riches--a bright, generously funny, exuberant book from one of our great living writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51060757233957,"sku":"9780593702147","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780593702147.gif?v=1756573863","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-season-a-fans-story-by-helen-garner","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}