Jeni and I just got back from a trip to Cincinnati and on the trip we listened to the new Michael Lewis book "Blindside". It's the story of Michael Oher, a freak of nature left tackle. Oher had a rough childhood, growing up in the Memphis ghetto before being taken in by a rich, white family and given a Christian education.
Good book. It started slow and it took Jeni a while to get into it, but when she did, even she thought it was a pretty good book. He makes a lot of good points about racial differences and the different cultures without directly addressing the issue. The book is designed and written more just to get you to think about it and about how a life can be changed just by changing the person's environment.
However, I thought it was a pretty big risk to write a book about someone who really hasn't done much. I mean sure, he's all freshman SEC and it's a great story, but he's still just a college player. I guess even if Michael Oher isn't successful, it's still a success story because a life has been changed. But, worth the read (or listen) nonetheless.
Good book. It started slow and it took Jeni a while to get into it, but when she did, even she thought it was a pretty good book. He makes a lot of good points about racial differences and the different cultures without directly addressing the issue. The book is designed and written more just to get you to think about it and about how a life can be changed just by changing the person's environment.
However, I thought it was a pretty big risk to write a book about someone who really hasn't done much. I mean sure, he's all freshman SEC and it's a great story, but he's still just a college player. I guess even if Michael Oher isn't successful, it's still a success story because a life has been changed. But, worth the read (or listen) nonetheless.
