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Sidelines
- Narrated by: Jo Van Es
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Sidelines
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Publisher's Summary
When a violent brawl erupts at a suburban junior soccer game, some onlookers are shocked. But others saw it coming. Rivalry, parental pressure, coaching bias, inequity, and many other factors have played a part in turning Saturday mornings into a pressure cooker.
Thirteen-year-old Audrey is a talented young football player. But does she want to play for Australia or does she just want to please her father, Ben, whose own thwarted sporting career looms large in his ambitions for his daughter? Audrey's mother, Jonica, doesn't know whether to be more concerned about her anxious daughter, her overbearing husband, or the only other girl on the team, Katerina, who is causing trouble on and off the field. And Katerina's mother, Carmen, is so busy looking for opportunities to give Katerina more game time that she fails to notice what is really capturing her daughter's attention. When Griffin, a naturally gifted player with spectacular skills, arrives, the tension within the team reaches boiling point. But who is going to crack first—the parents or the players?
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- Katherine Henzell
- 17-04-2024
Very relevant
Really thoughtful and interesting discussion of the impact of parents’ sporting ambitions and aspiration for their kids have on their kids.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-02-2024
Interesting points of view
conversation starter, explores all aspects of sports, attitudes, traditions, expectations of players, coaches, governing bodies.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- val
- 18-02-2024
Sideline truths
Not sure if this book was for children or adults!
Pity it had the sex references/scenes added as every sporty child could learn a lot about their behaviour and that of their parents, on the sidelines, from this book.
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- Elise
- 06-10-2024
Teenagers might enjoy it
Lame. Nothing really happened. I kept waiting for the story to develop. Might be ok for teenagers but as a 40-something woman;
Definitely not enough depth
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