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All the Colors Came Out
Kate Fagan · 2021 · 208 pages
Product Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Made Maddy Run examines her father's lifelong love of basketball and explores how the sport guided her through life, their relationship, and his death.
Kate Fagan and her father forged their relationship on the basketball court, bonded by sweaty high fives and a dedication to the New York Knicks. But as Kate got older, her love of the sport and her closeness with her father grew complicated. The formerly inseparable pair drifted apart. The
lessons that her father instilled in her about the game, and all her memories of sharing the court with him over the years, were a distant memory.
When Chris Fagan was diagnosed with ALS, Kate decided that something had to change. Leaving a high-profile job at ESPN to be closer to her mother and father and take part in his care, Kate Fagan spent the last year of her father’s life determined to return to him the kind of joy they once shared on the court.
All the Colors Came Out is Kate Fagan’s completely original reflection on the very specific bond that one father and daughter shared, forged in the love of a sport which over time came to mean so much more.
Studded with unforgettable scenes of humor, pain and hope, Kate Fagan has written a book that plumbs the mysteries of the unique gifts fathers gives daughters, ones that resonate across time and circumstance.
Review
"A warmly appreciative memoir of sports and family."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
About the Author
Kate Fagan is a columnist and feature writer for espnW, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. She is also a regular panelist on ESPNs Around the Horn and can also be seen on Outside the Lines, First Take, and His & Hers. Previously, she spent three seasons covering the 76ers for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is the author of a memoir, The Reappearing Act, and co-host of the espnW podcast Free Cookies.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Made Maddy Run examines her father's lifelong love of basketball and explores how the sport guided her through life, their relationship, and his death.
Kate Fagan and her father forged their relationship on the basketball court, bonded by sweaty high fives and a dedication to the New York Knicks. But as Kate got older, her love of the sport and her closeness with her father grew complicated. The formerly inseparable pair drifted apart. The
lessons that her father instilled in her about the game, and all her memories of sharing the court with him over the years, were a distant memory.
When Chris Fagan was diagnosed with ALS, Kate decided that something had to change. Leaving a high-profile job at ESPN to be closer to her mother and father and take part in his care, Kate Fagan spent the last year of her father’s life determined to return to him the kind of joy they once shared on the court.
All the Colors Came Out is Kate Fagan’s completely original reflection on the very specific bond that one father and daughter shared, forged in the love of a sport which over time came to mean so much more.
Studded with unforgettable scenes of humor, pain and hope, Kate Fagan has written a book that plumbs the mysteries of the unique gifts fathers gives daughters, ones that resonate across time and circumstance.
Review
"A warmly appreciative memoir of sports and family."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
About the Author
Kate Fagan is a columnist and feature writer for espnW, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. She is also a regular panelist on ESPNs Around the Horn and can also be seen on Outside the Lines, First Take, and His & Hers. Previously, she spent three seasons covering the 76ers for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is the author of a memoir, The Reappearing Act, and co-host of the espnW podcast Free Cookies.
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“@AmberAwx @AroundtheHorn Such a great book. Heartbreaking but so moving.”↗