"Beautifully written . . . A celebration of girls and athletics." The national bestselling sports classic from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist ( USA Today).Expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Madeleine Blais' book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a girls' high school basketball team from the Western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, ...

**The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist "gives a familial face to the mystique of Martha's Vineyard" in a memoir with "gentle humor and . . . elegiac sweetness" (Kirkus Reviews).A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist**In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard. A little more than two miles down a dirt road, it had no electricity or modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect.Sit...

"The story of a family, united by blood, pride, and the bonds that defy logic" from the national bestselling author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle (Ellen Kanner, The Miami Herald).In 1952, Madeleine Blais's father died suddenly, leaving his pregnant wife and their five young children to face their future alone. Uphill Walkers is the story of how the Blais family pulled together to survive and ultim...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice MarbleIn August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today...

“Beautifully written . . . A celebration of girls and athletics.” The national bestselling sports classic from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (USA Today).Expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Madeleine Blais’ book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a girls’ high school basketball team from the Western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straig...

In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack—it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect.Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond—well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged dinners—the house faced the ocean and the sky, and though it was eventually replaced by a s...

In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America's greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court places her back on center stage.Given a tennis racket at thi...

English version follows La voix de mon père / My Father`s Voice est le livre en français et en anglais. La version anglaise commence après la version française. Cet oeuvre raconte l’histoire de Ti’Loup qui, au seuil de l’adolescence, se sent invisible au sein de sa famille. Malgré tout, elle recherche l’affection et les mots chaleureux de son père ombrageux. Ti’Loup veut comprendre le monde des adolescents, mais elle souffre de n’avoir ni le vocabulaire ni la permission de parler de l’évei...

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city...