{"product_id":"9781609453534-the-penalty-area","title":"Gillot Alain - The Penalty Area - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A heart - warming novel about overcoming adversity making human connections and football. Vincent once had a shot at becoming a professional soccer player but a career - ending knee injury put an end to his dreams. A tough kid from a poor family he has become an emotionally cut - off man with frustrated hopes and limited options. He finds himself coaching an under - 16 soccer club in an attempt to keep alive his only passion in life. The team he coaches is little more than a roster of hot - headed boys none of whom understands the on - field chemistry needed to win. Simply put they aren t of a championship calibre. When his unemployed sister Madeleine a single mother dumps her thirteen - year - old son on him Vincent panics. With no clue how to take care of a teenager he brings his nephew to practice and eventually throws him into the scrimmage. It's then that Vincent notices there's something strange about Le onard. He has a preternatural ability for anticipating each striker's intentions making him a remarkably talented goalkeeper. But Le onard looks detached absent lost. Le onard has undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome. What is equally clear is that with Le onard's abilities as a goalkeeper Vincent's ragtag team has a chance to reach the finals. For that to happen for the team to find a reason to rally behind this strange kid from Paris Vincent will have to let down his guard and open his heart for the first time ever.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Penalty Area\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Gillot Alain\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781609453534\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 192 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/6\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Gillot Alain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49621751333169,"sku":"IN-G-9781609453534","price":14.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781609453534.jpg?v=1724715584","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781609453534-the-penalty-area","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}