![]() But to get to those gems, you have to plow through reams of football history and miniscule data-filled details unless you’re one of those absolutely devoted fans who can’t ever get enough of numbers and dates, you’re going to be trying to skip more than a few pages. Michael Lewis’s book, on which the film was based, definitely has its entertaining, tearful, inspiring moments. It’s due out Februfrom Gotham Books, an imprint of Penguin. The story of Michael Oher – a massive young man estranged from his addict mother, his dysfunctional siblings, and lost to the welfare system, who has been blessed with immeasurable athletic talent – and his relationship with the wealthy Tuohy family of Memphis, Tenn., works better on film in this case than on the pages.īut if read you must (readers unite!), then might I suggest you wait a few months for I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond, a memoir by none other than Michael Oher himself. ![]() ![]() I rarely ever say this: skip the book, and go see the film version of The Blind Side (which got Sandra Bullock her much-deserved Oscar win). ![]()
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