My Losing Season

Conroy was innate(p) on October 26, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia, to a young career military ships officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, whom Pat often ascribe for his love of language. He was the first of seven children.Since the family had to move many generation to different military bases around the South, Pat changed schools frequently, finally attending the fort Military Academy in Charleston, South Carolina, upon his fathers insistence. While still a student, he wrote and then published his first book, THE BOO, a tribute to a beloved teacher. (Book Reporter)Now that I have given you a brief sum of Conroys life, lets take a look at his newest book entitled, A Losing Season, the book centers around Conroys a painfully expound memoir of his senior year on the 1966-67 Citadel Bulldogs basketball squad that soldiered through an ignominious 8-17 season.Call it a requiem for all the runners-up who, like Conroy, off-key licking on the playing field into victor y in some other aspects of their lives. Author PhotoAs a fast, street-hardened 5-foot-10 point guard, Conroy was a fiery competitor who eer believed he could play above his physical limitations and frequently did.Like his teammates, Conroy didnt lose well. conflicting the others, however, he found a way to learn something from each defeat that would make him a better ballplayer. His steely resolve in the suit of such a spirit-crushing season ultimately gave him the self-confidence to become wizard of Americas best-loved writers. If losing builds character, Pat Conroy is your poster boy for also-rans. (BookPage)To conclude, Conroys book is an inspiration to others who cipher that losing is basically the end of the world, when in reality it can lead to more than positive things in thier lives later on down the road.Referencehttp//www.bookpage.com/0210bp/pat_conroy.htmlhttp//www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-conroy-pat.asp