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A review by guida315
Alex: The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
5.0
Heartbreaking
I'm not much a reader of sportswriters, but I had read DeFord's An American Summer, which is on my list of top ten books. So, I knew I wanted to read more by him.
This book is brilliant and heartbreaking and beautiful. There's no gentleness in Alex's death and sentimentality in DeFord's writing, and the book is exceptional for that lacking.
It's hard to read; I cried straight through the last 20% of it. But I feel as though I'm a bit better of a person for knowing about Alex.
I'm not much a reader of sportswriters, but I had read DeFord's An American Summer, which is on my list of top ten books. So, I knew I wanted to read more by him.
This book is brilliant and heartbreaking and beautiful. There's no gentleness in Alex's death and sentimentality in DeFord's writing, and the book is exceptional for that lacking.
It's hard to read; I cried straight through the last 20% of it. But I feel as though I'm a bit better of a person for knowing about Alex.