From the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The Boy on the Shed, comes a powerful tale of grit and resilience, told with great humour, openness and profound bravery.
Born in Lisburn during the Troubles, Paul Ferris was a teenage footballing prodigy, becoming Newcastle United’s youngest-ever player in 1982, only for injury to ensure his promise went unfulfilled. He later returned to the club as a physiotherapist before earning a Master’s degree and qualifying as a barrister. But the lure of football was always strong and he went back for a third spell at Newcastle, as Head of the Medical Department, again working closely with a host of big-name players and managers. Paul's first book, The Boy on the Shed, became a bestseller and won multiple awards including the Sunday Times Sports Book of The Year. Paul also writes novels and runs a successful health and fitness business, Speedflex. He lives in Prudhoe, Northumberland.
All men should read this book – important and brilliantly
written.
*Alan Shearer*
A triumph ... A worthy follow-up to The Boy on the Shed.
*Jeff Stelling*
A difficult and important story beautifully told.
*Mick Harford*
Genius... A difficult, deeply personal story beautifully told. Paul
Ferris is a rare and important author who can write about the
darkest of subjects with a warmth and life- affirming honesty few
others can match.
*The Athletic UK*
Paul Ferris manages to be brutally honest and very funny about
something dark and terrifying. He's also generous, warm and
philosophical.
*Kevin Day, writer and comedian*
A book as brave as it is honest.
*Daily Mail*
... a fantastic read… educational and thought-provoking.
*ITV News*
A powerful, courageous and brave book
*Francis Benali, Southampton FC legend and award-winning charity
fundraiser*
Courageous, life-affirming and beautifully written, it is a memoir
that is both deeply moving and rich in humour... a magnificent book
and I encourage you to read it.
*Helen McGurk*
A deeply personal and brutally honest account ... handled with a
light tough - and moments of real humour - as Ferris brings that
roller coaster road to life.
*Irish news*
Powerful
*Choice Magazine*
Unmissable: please read this extraordinary book... Every man,
whatever their age, should read this brave and painfully honest
book.
*Daily Mail*
Ferris brings humour to the darkness. This profoundly moving memoir
will perhaps be his most important legacy. It will hold the hands
of men unfortunate enough to face the same fight and encourage
others not to remain silent. Inspirational.
*Daily Mail*
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