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Back from the Brink : The Autobiography by Paul McGrath (2007, Mass Market)

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Publisher: Arrow ISBN 13: 9780099499558. Author: Paul McGrath ISBN 10: 009949955X. Title: Back from the Brink Item Condition: New. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Binding: Paperback Language: english.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Random House

ISBN-10009949955X

ISBN-139780099499558

eBay Product ID (ePID)18038210175

Product Key Features

Book TitleBack from the Brink : the Autobiography

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicCultural Heritage, Soccer, Sports

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPaul Mcgrath

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width4.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal796.334092

SynopsisPaul McGrath is one of Ireland's best loved footballers. But behind the glamour of life in great clubs, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions. This is a story that runs from a childhood spent in Dublin's orphanages to the pain of two marriage break-ups and alienation from his children., The extraordinary and heartbreaking memoir from one of football's greatest players Paul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least understood. An iconic football presence during a professional career stretching over 14 years, he played for his country in the European Championship finals of 1988 and the World Cup finals of 1990 and 1994. But, behind the implied glamour of life in the employ of great English clubs like Manchester United and Aston Villa, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions that made his success in the game little short of miraculous. That story has until now never been told. It is a story that runs from a hard, hidden childhood spent in Dublin's orphanages all the way to the pain of two marriage break-ups and the struggle to cope with life after football. Quite apart from his all too public struggle with alcoholism, the story runs through the surreal highs and calamitous lows of a life lived habitually on the edge of chaos. It is not just a football story. It is an extraordinary human story that is certain to surprise with its candour. Here, for the first time, read about the father he never met; the mother whose love never died; the routine loneliness and ritual bullying endured by a black kid growing up behind closed doors in 1960s Dublin; the emotional breakdown suffered on leaving that institution; the recovery that - remarkably - brought him all the way to Old Trafford; the rollercoaster ride that followed. Here, the guilt, fear, self-loathing are all laid bare in a story fired with hope and determination for the future. It may well be the most candid sports book ever written.

LC Classification NumberGV942.7