Eamonn Sweeney: The Last Ditch, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Last Ditch
- How One Gaa Championship Gave a Sportswriter Back His Life
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- Publisher:
- Hachette Ireland, 11/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781399734714
- Release date:
- 24.11.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 22.87* |
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Blurb
"Sweeney's prose is on fire. A blistering book that readers will relish enormously." MICHAEL HARDING
"A cracking read ... a championship season as redemption song." MICHAEL CLIFFORD
"All the tension of a tight knockout encounter ... one of the books of the year." MIKE McCORMACK
In the summer of 2024, sports columnist Eamonn Sweeney set out to follow the All-Ireland championships around the country, retracing footsteps he'd first laid down in his 2004 bestsellerThe Road to Croker . But there was one big problem. For many years, he had struggled with a crippling travel phobia that left him largely confined to his hometown in West Cork. To fulfil his publishing contract, he had to face his deepest fears.
The Last Ditch is a story about mental health, hidden shame and a life-changing moment in a remote train station. It's about a hurling championship which may have been the greatest ever played and a football championship which definitely was not. It's about unlikely triumphs, remarkable renaissances, shocks, cliff-hangers and heartbreaks on the pitch.
Off the field, it is the story of one man's embrace of a changing Ireland as he takes back his life. Both an unforgettable sports odyssey and a revelatory personal account, The Last Ditch is a celebration of resilience, the healing power of connection and the unifying spirit of the GAA.
