Leigh Ann, and their two children, quickly developed the same kinship. He felt a connection to the quiet newcomer. He worked hard and became a force to be reckoned with on the basketball court at Ole Miss. To say that Michael stood out would be a gross understatement. A world away from the public schools he had barely bothered with. Crashing on the right floor, at the right time led to Michael attending the elite Briarcrest. Michael has a million reasons to be angry, bitter and seriously cynical. A demonstration of the fierce power invoked when huge hearts and open minds collide. An example of good people, simply doing what they feel is the right thing. The story of Michael Oher and the Touhy family is uplifting and inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Tom Lemming and it was nifty to understand roles and responsibilities for different player positions. I will admit to being pleasantly surprised by how incredibly interesting the football parts were. Nonetheless, when Boy brought the book home for his Sports Literature class, I had to read it first. I did not see the movie and I am probably not a true sports fan.
Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.The Blind Side by Michael Lewis was not one of the Biographies on my massive To-Read list. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets.
When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.
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