Bloomsbury
September 2016
On Sale: August 30, 2016
400 pages ISBN: 1632863979 EAN: 9781632863973 Kindle: B01DM9Q6BW Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington
Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in
Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile.
Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a
woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger
observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the
Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football League,
he decides to sign her to the Redskins, even as he faces
losing his job and credibility. As the first woman on a
major NFL team, Jesse Smoke's astounding success places her
in the tradition of athletes like Jackie Robinson and Joe
Louis. Yet Smoke is quickly faced with her own battles,
including the clamors of the press, the violence of her
teammates, and the institutional resistance that seeks to
keep football in the hands of men.
While a female quarterback in the NFL is a fantasy at the
moment, Robert Bausch's genius as a writer makes it a highly
engaging reality on the page. Fans of football--and readers
who were just waiting for a player worth getting excited
about--will relish Jesse Smoke's journey to the big leagues.
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