Bliss, Remembered

Product Description


With
Bliss, Remembered, the celebrated Frank Deford has produced a work of literature that ranks with the best of his many novels, including
Everybody's All American, which
Sports Illustrated ranked as one of the twenty-five best sports books of all time. In
Bliss, Remembered, Deford explores new territory as he tells two love stories from the perspective of a beautiful should-have-been Olympic champion named Sydney Stringfellow.

At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Sydney begins an intense love affair with a German, but the affair abruptly ends when political forces tear them apart. Back in the U.S., Sydney--daring, vulnerable, and memorable--is left healing her broken heart when a striking American begins to pursue her. In Deford's tender novel, the simplicity and honesty of choices of the heart clash with a brutal time--a time when choices seemed so dire in the enveloping shadows of a changing world.


Review


''This is a poignant story, utterly charming and enjoyable.'' --
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

''This wonderful novel is further confirmation that [Deford] is much more than one of America's best sports writers--he is one of our country's best writers, period.'' --Ron Rash,
New York Times bestselling author

''One of the greatest writers of our time. . . This book is compelling, insightful, and Frank even shows us his romantic side. I didn't just like it, I loved it.'' --Billie Jean King

''A work of enthralling historical fiction. . . Highly recommended.'' --
Library Journal (starred review)


About the Author


FRANK DEFORD, author of
The Entitled, is senior contributing writer for
Sports Illustrated (and six-time Sportswriter of the Year), NPR commentator, and correspondent for HBO's
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. He has won a Peabody, an Emmy, and countless other awards. He lives in Westport, Connecticut.