Not something to avoid the book over but something to be aware of. They were real and easy to picture but they just weren't quite fascinating to care that much about. Unfortunately though, I didn't quite get pulled into the characters' lives. The book focuses more on the story and the characters, both of which are very rich and enjoyable.
While supernatural elements are very much part of the story, they aren't quite as in your face as I expected. The dead rise up and buried secrets come up to reality. When she dies one night though, horrible things start happening to the residents in town. Considering that she doesn't speak, is considered the town slut and is ignored by her own mother, that desire for a connection is understood. Now that I've done so too, let us ignore that because this is a great novel, period.Susan Marley roams the streets of Bedford, Maine, looking for something or simply trying to connect. Most of the reviews and comments on THE KEEPER make a point about mentioning it as Langan's debut novel. In this uplifting memoir now adapted for young readers, Howard shares his remarkable journey from a challenging childhood in which he was raised by a single mother who instilled in him a love of sports and a devout Christian faith that helped him deal with the onset of Tourette's in fifth grade. In the course of 120 minutes, Howard went from a player known mainly by soccer aficionados to an American icon, revered by millions for his dependability, daring, and humility. His heroic performance in goal for the United States against Belgium, in which he saved an astonishing sixteen shots-the most for any goalkeeper in a World Cup game-made him a household name as well as a trending internet meme.
Howard managed to keep his condition in check well enough to be drafted by Major League Soccer right out of high school.Īfter a successful seventeen-year professional soccer career, Howard became an overnight star this past summer in Brazil. As fiercely protective about his privacy as he is guarding the goal for the US national team and for Everton in the English Premier League, Howard opens up for the first time about how a hyperactive kid from New Jersey with Tourette's syndrome defied the odds to become one of the world's premier goalkeepers. In this heartwarming and candid memoir, Tim Howard does something he would never do on a soccer field: he drops his guard.
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