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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Robert Rose was a talented cricketer who represented Victoria and played football for Collingwood and later Footscray. He was the son of legendary Collingwood player and coach Bob Rose. In 1974 he became a quadriplegic after being in a car accident. This book is a memoir by his brother Peter Rose an acclaimed poet, literary critic and editor. It is a superbly written portrait of a brother and family who were united in grief, love and devotion. Winner of the National Biography Award in 2003. Published again in 2013 by the Text Publishing Company. read this in Jakarta , with no background as to AFL a heart wrenching read would commend it to everyone with a pulse I am privileged to have read it the true story of a spectacular sportsman , cut down in his prime by physical infirmity , and his, his family's and friends' struggle with the aftermath well worth reading as the writing was by a brother who was not gifted in the sporting sense ( so a great contrast ) but one of Australia's great writers ( in my humble opinion) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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What exactly is the message of Robert Rose? One year after his death, twenty-six years afterjust another of our crashes, knowing the effect it had on his family and friends, and thousands ofothers who hardly knew him, I want to go back there, I want to examine my brother's life andreanimate him... Robert Rose was a promising cricketer and footballers in the mould of his father, Bob,Collingwood's greatest player. Robert's brother, Peter, was on the way to a literary career as apoet and later a publisher. On St Valentine's Day in 1974 a terrible car accident changed the Roses forever. For the nextquarter century Robert Rose lived as a quadriplegic. Rose Boys is Peter Rose's portrait of his brother. It is a heartbreaking account of a family unitedand ravaged by misfortune- a story of love, courage and endurance. This bestselling memoir comes with a new introduction by Brian Matthews. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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