{"product_id":"the-boy-on-the-shed-isbn-9781473666702","title":"The Boy on the Shed","description":"\u003cb\u003eSports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Sports Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Sports Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e  Football Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ferris's  wonderful memoir represents a twin triumph. He has endured every kind  of setback in life but has invariably reinvented himself; and his  writing is a pure pleasure.' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enough depth and humanity\u003c\/b\u003e to make your average football autobiography look like a Ladybird book.' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece of the genre' Brian McNally \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Football memoirs rarely produce great literature but Ferris's \u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Shed\u003c\/i\u003e is a glistening exception.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating and stylishly told.' David Walsh, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Shed\u003c\/i\u003e  is a story of love and fate. At 16, Paul Ferris becomes Newcastle  United's youngest-ever first-teamer. Like many a tricky winger from  Northern Ireland, he is hailed as 'the new George Best'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a  player and later a physio and member of the Magpies' managerial team,  Paul's career acquaints him not only with Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish  and Bobby Robson, Ruud Gullit, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer but also  with injury, insecurity and disappointment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet this  autobiography is more than a tale of the vagaries of sporting fortune.  It begins during 'The Troubles' in a working-class Catholic family in  the Protestant town of Lisburn, near Belfast. After a childhood scarred  by his mother's illness and sectarian hatred, Paul meets the love of his  life, his future wife Geraldine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalented and carefree on the  pitch, shy and anxious off it, he earns a tilt at stardom. His first  spell at Newcastle turns sour, as does his return as a physio, although  obtaining a Masters degree shows him what he could achieve away from  football.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Paul qualifies as a barrister, a career in Law  beckons. Instead, a craving to prove himself in the game draws him back  to St James' Park as part of Shearer's management triumvirate - with  unfortunate consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with brutal candour, dark humour and consummate style, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Shed\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting and moving account of a life less ordinary.","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895018909925,"sku":"NP9781473666702","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/50ebab1e-4d92-4c1e-aa72-ab03000199ef.jpg?v=1767900706","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-boy-on-the-shed-isbn-9781473666702","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}