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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
Book 2023
Book 219: The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey Parker Ervick
I really scored at this library for #nonfictionnovember with another graphic memoir combined with nonfiction about how Title IX changed girls sports.
Synopsis: A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl’s life and changed women’s history forever.
Review: Really enjoyed this book, the more personal parts of the story from the author, and the parts of how Title IX changed sports for girls and women. Very interesting, learned some things along the way. My rating 4⭐️.
Book 219: The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey Parker Ervick
I really scored at this library for #nonfictionnovember with another graphic memoir combined with nonfiction about how Title IX changed girls sports.
Synopsis: A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl’s life and changed women’s history forever.
Review: Really enjoyed this book, the more personal parts of the story from the author, and the parts of how Title IX changed sports for girls and women. Very interesting, learned some things along the way. My rating 4⭐️.
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This memoir did a fantastic job of integrating history and showing the ripple effects of things that had happened a century earlier.
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This was way more engaging than the title made me think it would be. It’s a look at the ways that Title IX radically changed women’s participation in public life, a brief history of women’s soccer, and a personal look at the author’s relationship to herself, motherhood, and sports. And the art is lovely to look at as well.
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I loved this book so much, not just because I played for the same select soccer team as the author, but also because Ervick has done her homework on Title IX and women’s sports. As a fellow keeper, I appreciated her POV of being either really busy in goal or really lonely. Even those who never played the beautiful game will appreciate the history of women playing the sport and the challenges they faced. I’m glad that all of them paved the way for the women’s sports I enjoy now as both player and spectator.
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What a delight! I zoomed through this book in less than two hours on a rainy Friday afternoon.
I'm a little too old to have benefitted from Title IX—my high school only had gymnastics and synchronized swimming teams for girls and I wasn't on them—but my stepdaughters, who were born in 1980 and 1982 both played soccer on community, middle school and high school teams, and the older one was even a goal keeper. As a result, I went to lots of soccer games as they were growing up. In addition, I have a keen interest in women's rights, so Kelcey Ervick's melding of her own experiences as a keeper and the historical women who played soccer/football and fought for women's rights resonated with me on two levels. On top of all that, I really loved the illustrations, which brought everything to life. Highly, highly recommended!
P.S. Both stepdaughters will be getting a copy of this book for their birthdays this year.
I'm a little too old to have benefitted from Title IX—my high school only had gymnastics and synchronized swimming teams for girls and I wasn't on them—but my stepdaughters, who were born in 1980 and 1982 both played soccer on community, middle school and high school teams, and the older one was even a goal keeper. As a result, I went to lots of soccer games as they were growing up. In addition, I have a keen interest in women's rights, so Kelcey Ervick's melding of her own experiences as a keeper and the historical women who played soccer/football and fought for women's rights resonated with me on two levels. On top of all that, I really loved the illustrations, which brought everything to life. Highly, highly recommended!
P.S. Both stepdaughters will be getting a copy of this book for their birthdays this year.
It’s always soccer season in our house, but with the World Cup going on right now, soccer/futbol hype is at an all-time high! It’s the perfect time to read this new graphic novel by Kelcey Ervick.
Kelcey grew up playing competitive soccer. As a girl born in 1971, however, she was very close to missing a lot of opportunities new legislation (Title IX) provided women and girls. The book follows Kelcey on her soccer journey from club to high school to college with details about what else was happening in the world at that time, an overall history of women’s soccer (fascinating), and her own life story woven in.
I loved most aspects of this book - Kelcey’s own soccer career was interesting, especially all the twists and turns along the way. The history of soccer and the changes made to women’s sports was also captivating, and as a former athlete and mother of a female athlete, I appreciated all the research that went into such a comprehensive telling. The only parts that seemed a bit unnecessary were some later relationship issues (a failing marriage) which didn’t seem tied to the overall narrative.
I read most of this book with my 8-year-old daughter and we loved learning about all the pioneers of women’s soccer who allowed her to play today!
Kelcey grew up playing competitive soccer. As a girl born in 1971, however, she was very close to missing a lot of opportunities new legislation (Title IX) provided women and girls. The book follows Kelcey on her soccer journey from club to high school to college with details about what else was happening in the world at that time, an overall history of women’s soccer (fascinating), and her own life story woven in.
I loved most aspects of this book - Kelcey’s own soccer career was interesting, especially all the twists and turns along the way. The history of soccer and the changes made to women’s sports was also captivating, and as a former athlete and mother of a female athlete, I appreciated all the research that went into such a comprehensive telling. The only parts that seemed a bit unnecessary were some later relationship issues (a failing marriage) which didn’t seem tied to the overall narrative.
I read most of this book with my 8-year-old daughter and we loved learning about all the pioneers of women’s soccer who allowed her to play today!
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