Home ice : reflections of a reluctant hockey mom / Angie Abdou.
Home ice : reflections of a reluctant hockey mom / Angie Abdou.
By
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Abdou, Angie, 1969-
Publication Date
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2018
Publication Information
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Toronto : ECW Press,
Physical Description
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233 p.
Subject Term
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Hockey for children.
Mother and child.
Hockey players -- Family relationships.
Hockey.
Parenting.
Summary
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The author of the Canada Reads-nominated The Bone Cage tackles the ups and downs of amateur hockey, from a mother's point of view. Over 570,000 people are registered in Hockey Canada and over 600,000 in Hockey USA. It's a national obsession. But what does that really mean when your child wants to play on a team? As a former varsity athlete and university instructor teaching sport literature, novelist Angie Abdou is no stranger to sport obsession, but she finds herself conflicted when faced with the reality of the struggles, joys, and strains of having a child in amateur hockey. In Home Ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, Abdou charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insider's view of parenting today's young athlete in a competitive and high-pressure culture.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781770414457
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.962083 AB3 | Checked In |