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- Format: Hardcover Learn more about the Hardcover format using Tower WIKI.
- Publisher: Ecco
- Number of Pages: 240
- ISBN: 0061704202
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112522626
- Release Date: May 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #121617 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #3549 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #89 in Sports - General (See Top 100 Sports - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Straw: Finding My Way" by Darryl Strawberry to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Straw: Finding My Way"Browse more products related to "Darryl Strawberry"Review"STRAW [has] the virtue of sincerity and of seeming profoundly felt. Its narrator emerges as a real and complex man; humble in the face of his failures, palpably hungry for redemption....You feel for him in a way you never did...when you were...cheering and/or booing him at Shea." Publisher's noteThe former National League All-Star baseball player traces his rise from a disadvantaged Los Angeles youth to 1983's Rookie of the Year, describing the numerous challenges he has met in personal and professional arenas from his brushes with the law and fight with colon cancer to his devotion to his family and advocacy on behalf of autistic children. AnnotationIn this troubling time for baseball, when the scourge of steroids threatens to forever stain the integrity of the game, Darryl Strawberry takes us back to a time when the drug of choice for most players was not "performance-enhancing." Strawberry, the beleaguered former slugger, ex-con, and cancer survivor, details his delinquent ways and assures his diminishing core of faithful fans that, this time, his recovery is for real. Readers will note that the title of the book is a play on the first syllable of the author's last name, and does not denote the device he undoubtedly used to inhale the massive quantities of cocaine he has admitted to ingesting throughout his playing career. It also does not refer to the biblical burden that allegedly broke the camel's back, though that story has some relevance here, as Strawberry triumphantly reveals how he eventually turned to God after his battle with addiction took him to the bottom. Hopefully, Straw, now happily married and a father of five, has forever surrendered the decadent depravity that once seemed certain to suck him dry. If You Enjoy "Straw: Finding My Way (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Straw: Finding My Way (Hardcover)" by Darryl Strawberry (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Sports - General Bestsellers
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