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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780609809945
As kids, we all had passions — something we loved doing,
experienced with our friends, dreamed about every spare moment. For
Jay Atkinson, who grew up in a small Massachusetts town, it was
hockey. When Bobby Orr scored the winning goal in the 1970 Stanley
Cup Finals against the St. Louis Blues, Atkinson became a fan for
life. In 1975, he played on the first Methuen Rangers varsity
hockey team. Once and always a rink rat, Atkinson still plays
hockey whenever and wherever he can.
Twenty-five years after he played for the Rangers, Atkinson
returns to his high school team as a volunteer assistant. Ice Time
tells the team’s story as he follows the temperamental star, the
fiery but troubled winger, the lovesick goalie, the rookie whose
father is battling cancer, and the “old school” coach as the
Rangers make a desperate charge into the state tournament. In
emotionally vivid detail, Ice Time travels into the rinks, schools,
and living rooms of small-town America, where friendships are
forged, the rewards of loyalty and perseverance are earned, and
boys and girls are transformed into young men and women. Along the
way, we also meet his five-year-old son, Liam, who is just now
learning the game his father loves.
Whether describing kids playing a moonlit game on a frozen swamp
or the crucible of team tryouts and predawn bus rides that he
endured himself, Atkinson carves out the drama of adolescence with
precision and affection. He takes us onto the ice and into the
heart of a town and a team as he explores the profound connection
between fathers and sons, and what it means to go home again.
From the Hardcover edition.
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