In 2006 I gave this book to my husband. I wrote in the inside flap "I know your time for fiction is scarce, I hope this is up to the challenge." I don't remember what made me buy the book. A piece on NPR? Maybe he had made a declaration "I want to read more" and I took it seriously. Dangerous- I have in the past week declared that I want to get a masters in cytology, that I would like pet bats and that I'm not allergic to poison ivy. None of these are still on my list of self truths. In any case, he never read the book. I didn't either. It was a football book. Between the Buckeyes, Gators and Steelers I get enough football just walking through the living room with the laundry basket. Fast forward a few years, and I see the book at the library. On the shelf behind the desk with the coveted tomes that have been requested by people who don't want to have to wait until it is languishing on the regular shelves but aren't ponying up to Amazon.com either. I recognize the spine. I read the title. I think "AH HA!" Sure enough, at home, on the library shelf with the Tom Clancys and In Search of Excellence is The Blind Side, patiently waiting to be discovered.Waiting for me.
Well, let me tell you, I know alot more about the Left Tackle. And Bill Walsh's offense, and Lawrence Taylor, and John Ayers. And I know the story of Michael Oher, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. It is a great story. I think the movie was quite a success, and no wonder after reading the book. Tweens and teens will like this one, and although I know the boy readers will quite enjoy the sports theme,it isn't a "boy book". In its own way it is a romance. It is certainly about love. There is a little violence- on and off the field, and the language has some bits that are rough, but it doesn't lessen the gift of this book. Read it.
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