{"product_id":"9780802121455","title":"In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais’s \u003ci\u003eIn These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern sports writing classic. Now expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Blais’s book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a powerhouse girls’ high school basketball team from a small western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, they somehow lacked the scrappy, hard-driving desire to go all the way. Now, led by senior guards Jen Pariseau, a three-point specialist, and Jamila Wideman, an All-American phenom, this was the year to prove themselves. It was a season to test their passion for the sport and their loyalty to each other, and a chance to discover who they really were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an off-season of summer jobs and basketball camps turns to fall, as students arrive and the games begin, Blais charts the ups and downs of the team and paints a portrait of the wider Amherst community, which comes to revel in the athletic exploits of their girls. Finally, a women’s team was getting the attention they deserve. And the Hurricanes were richly deserving; these teenage girls are fierce and funny, smart and ambitious, and they are the heart of this gripping book. \u003ci\u003eIn These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic sports book, a timeless look at girls’ athletics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016444657904,"sku":"9780802121455","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802121455_p0.jpg?v=1763730317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802121455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}