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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Picked up the an Uncorrected Proof from my local library book sale. I had briefly heard about this book, but this was a luck of the draw pick. I loved learning about the life of Miss Tylene and how she persevered in protecting football when EVERYONE else was tearing her down.
It is now 80 years later, and there is still a theme of football as a “man’s sport.” Seeing how football fans are reacting to people like Taylor Swift and women becoming invested in the sport, it just goes to show that some things are slow to change…but we still need people like Tylene to push change forward.
It is now 80 years later, and there is still a theme of football as a “man’s sport.” Seeing how football fans are reacting to people like Taylor Swift and women becoming invested in the sport, it just goes to show that some things are slow to change…but we still need people like Tylene to push change forward.
I really enjoyed that this book was written from Miss Tylene's perspective. It felt like I was sitting down with her listening to her recount all her memories about that football season.
If you're not a hardcore football fan, you're probably going to be lost at all the descriptions of plays and assignments.
But this was a good debut novel about a woman (and her husband) who was ahead of her time, and fought to bring joy and normalcy to her high school and community during an era of so much loss and heartache.
If you're not a hardcore football fan, you're probably going to be lost at all the descriptions of plays and assignments.
But this was a good debut novel about a woman (and her husband) who was ahead of her time, and fought to bring joy and normalcy to her high school and community during an era of so much loss and heartache.
Easy to read. Great fictionalized account of a woman who coached high school football during World War II. I appreciated the shift in the story when she took the job; the preamble to her appointment was well-constructed. The football details were excellent, and I liked the personal details woven in. Touching ending.
Friday night lights + WWII + women’s rights.
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Based on a true story, a Texas high school football team is without a coach due to all the men enlisting to fight for the allies during WWII. Enter Tylene Wilson, school administrator and football specialist, who volunteers to coach the team.
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Probably not a 4⭐️ book for most, but I loved it. Give me a football loving woman who drinks Dr Pepper and throw in the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and I’m hooked.
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Based on a true story, a Texas high school football team is without a coach due to all the men enlisting to fight for the allies during WWII. Enter Tylene Wilson, school administrator and football specialist, who volunteers to coach the team.
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Probably not a 4⭐️ book for most, but I loved it. Give me a football loving woman who drinks Dr Pepper and throw in the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and I’m hooked.
This was a good book to read leading up to football season. The story is based on a real person but the author said there were too many dead ends in her research to do a nonfiction book so she decided to make it a novel.
In 1944 in Brownwood Texas, most of the men are away fighting World War II. Without a coach, the school is considering cancelling the football season.
Assistant Principal Tylene Wilson grew up a football fan and learned all she knows about the game from her father. She knows that without football to keep them in school that the seniors on the team will probably leave school early to enlist and head off to war. She convinces the principal to let her coach the team and keep the kids from leaving any sooner than necessary.
The fathers, the coaches of other teams, even the boys on the team themselves are not happy with the prospect of a female coach.
It's an interesting story and a quick read. I liked it but I wish I had felt more of a connection to the characters.
In 1944 in Brownwood Texas, most of the men are away fighting World War II. Without a coach, the school is considering cancelling the football season.
Assistant Principal Tylene Wilson grew up a football fan and learned all she knows about the game from her father. She knows that without football to keep them in school that the seniors on the team will probably leave school early to enlist and head off to war. She convinces the principal to let her coach the team and keep the kids from leaving any sooner than necessary.
The fathers, the coaches of other teams, even the boys on the team themselves are not happy with the prospect of a female coach.
It's an interesting story and a quick read. I liked it but I wish I had felt more of a connection to the characters.
I would have preferred a non-fiction version with more information about the rest of the season and maybe what happened to some of the boys that played football that year. Were they drafted? What happened? Did any of them say she really helped them? I liked at the end of the book where the author said what was true. I also liked hearing about the author and why she wanted to right about this woman.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I wanted so badly to like this book, but literally everything is about football, even the trauma of an injured war vet that attempts to coach the team. I love the empowered women stories, but this is just too hokey and pretentious for me.
3.5 Stars. I really enjoyed this book! Being from Texas, I completely understood the football-centric mindset of everyone in Brownwood. I love historical fiction, especially learning of different aspects not routinely talked about or taught. And I love the emergence of the female historical heroines. Tylene Wilson is a woman, a wife, a mom, a daughter, a teacher, an administrator, and a coach. She has a heart for her students and is determined that they enjoy their present because they have all glimpsed their future. A football coach in small town Texas in 1944, she faces her own battles but not against foreign enemies, her adversaries are her friends, colleagues and neighbors. But Tylene has the support of her family, her husband, her parents, and her sister, and she perseveres. Her goal is not to bring her team to victory, but to teach them about community, teamwork, and joy. This book was fun-I loved the references to Texas towns I know, Ft. worth, Stephenville, Dallas and Austin; the references to Dublin and Dr. Pepper; and the Longhorns (hook ‘em). While it was slow in parts, it read like a great football game leaving you on the edge of your seat all the way to the final buzzer at the end of the fourth quarter. I look forward to reading more by Marjorie Herrera Lewis.
Basic writing and very easy to read. Can probably be read in one day at the beach but it took me three