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Home Ice: Reflections on Backyard Rinks
by
Jack Falla
There is no shortage of books that describe how participating in a particular sporting activity strengthens bonds between people. Falla's book accomplishes this feat through a collection of essays on backyard skating rinks and frozen ponds and how these local skating venues allow their participants to get in touch with the game of hockey in addition to building relationshi...more
Paperback, 190 pages
Published
November 1st 2001
by McGregor Publishing
(first published 2001)
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This was a lovely memoir of the home rinks Falla created over the years, and the interest he took in them as a writing subject. I've never skated on a home rink--I've never lived in a place cold enough to sustain one--but it was very vivid from his descriptions, and made me want to go skating. A real pleasure.
Fantastic collection of essays about, essentially, the pure joy of skating.
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