5 Star Review
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Editorial Book Review:
By Rosse Stone
In her book "Soccer Grannies: The South African Women Who Inspire the World," Jean Duffy tells a moving story about how sports can bring people from all walks of life together. In rural South Africa, there was a group of older women called the Soccer Grannies who broke social rules to play soccer. They did this with the help of the famous humanitarian "Mama Beka." The information in this book is very interesting.
When Mama Beka first came up with the idea to start a soccer team for women in her neighborhood, people and families didn't like it. The Soccer Grannies' drive, joy, and unbreakable spirit quickly won over people who didn't believe in them at first. Many people around the world saw what started as a small group of people grow into a growing movement. While working hard to bring the Soccer Grannies to the U.S., Jean Duffy, a soccer-playing mom, writes a beautiful story about how she and her team overcame many problems to make lifelong friends and learn about other cultures.
The Soccer Grannies are strong and deal with all of these problems with style, joy, and hope. When they help each other out, it shows how important relationships and community are.
"Soccer Grannies" is a movie about how sports can change people. Grannies enjoy football because it makes them happy and gives them a reason to live. Ideas of people are also pushed and changed where they are and beyond. Racing can bring people of various races together, help them understand each other better, and give them the strength to get through tough times.
This book is a great example of how sports can bring people together and show them how strong they are.
About the Author
Jean Duffy
Jean is the debut author of “Soccer Grannies: The South African Women Who Inspire the World.” She is grateful that, going into this project, she didn’t understand how long it actually takes to write a book.
Her nonfiction writing has been published in the Boston Globe, the Concord Monitor, the Packingtown Review, the Somerville Journal, the Stamford Advocate, and WBUR Cognoscenti.
Jean frequents the soccer field in Lexington, Massachusetts, where her team, the Lexpressas, has been playing for some twenty years.
When not pounding her fingers on the keyboard or flubbing a shot on goal, Jean can be found consulting with nonprofits, helping people downsize, or at home in Somerville, Massachusetts, doing crossword puzzles with her husband.
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