The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw—over one million copies sold. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side. |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE BACK STORY | 15 |
CHAPTER TWO THE MARKET | 29 |
CHAPTER THREE CROSSING THE LINE | 45 |
CHAPTER FOUR THE BLANK SLATE | 75 |
CHAPTER FIVE DEATH OF A LINEMAN | 103 |
CHAPTER SIX INVENTING MICHAEL | 131 |
CHAPTER SEVEN THE PASTA COACH | 167 |
CHAPTER EIGHT CHARACTER COURSES | 197 |
CHAPTER NINE BIRTH OF A STAR | 231 |
CHAPTER TEN THE EGG BOWL | 263 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN FREAK OF NURTURE | 293 |
CHAPTER TWELVE AND MOSES STUTTERED | 313 |
Afterword to the Paperback Edition | 331 |
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