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The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Blind Side

Evolution of a Game

by Michael Lewis

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  • Oct 2006, 288 pages
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John Vann

Awesome
This book is awesome. What a great story about someone that went through so much hardship in his life to then turn out to be a great athlete and person. I had the privilege of meeting Michael at his home when my friend was their nanny and found that Michael is an extremely nice person and seems to be a great dad and love his kids.
Cathie_Dyer

Not just a football story
This is the story of Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. It is also the story of the evolution of football.

Michael was a homeless kid in Memphis when he was adopted by the Tuohy family. Sean and Leigh Anne have two biological children, Collins and SJ (Sean Jr). Michael integrates into the family, but not without issues. He needs a lot of tutoring and guidance in life as well as school. He grew up thinking he'd be the next Michael Jordan and enjoyed playing basketball but eventually found football. The book goes into his life with the Tuohy's, the tutoring he needed to get his grades up to get into college, getting into college and the NCAA investigation into his acceptance to college. Sean and Leigh Anne were Ole Miss graduates (as was Mike's tutor) and very strong supporters of the school. (They even had an Ole Miss Christmas tree in their house).

The book was well-written and I found that the movie was pretty true to the book. I did end up skipping over some of the football sections. There is an afterword in the paperback edition that gives an update on Michael and the Tuohy family since the book had first been published.
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