Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed - Softcover

Brunt, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307397300 ISBN 13: 9780307397300

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Renowned sportswriter Stephen Brunt reveals how "the Great One," who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian city where hockey ruled couldn't compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise.

Bobby Orr's career ended prematurely, with tears. Wayne Gretzky's tears, unlike Orr's, announced not an ending but another beginning. Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers had four Stanley Cup victories, but Gretzky may then have had other goals in mind.

Beginning with his dad, Walter, and continuing with Nelson Skalbania, Peter Pocklington, Bruce McNall, Jerry Buss -- and with the CBC's Peter Gzowski as chronicler for the eager masses -- the enormity of Gretzky's talent attracted all sorts of people who were after a variety of vicarious thrills.

About this title

Review:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Brunt captures the feelings of shock and betrayal set off by The Trade better than anything I've ever read. Long the consensus pick as Canada's best sportswriter, Brunt has probably earned the right to be called one of our best writers, period." The Gazette

"Gretzky's Tears is as penetrating a book, and as sure in its navigation of hockey's cultural currents, [as Searching for Bobby Orr]." The Globe and Mail

"If there's a more interesting and committed sports writer in Canada than Stephen Brunt, I don't know them." Dave Bidini, National Post

About the Author:

Stephen Brunt is one of Canada's premier sportswriters and commentators. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and in Winterhouse Brook, Newfoundland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0307397300
• ISBN 13: 9780307397300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272