W.D. Wetherell's Soccer Dad
Maybe you have to be a soccer fanatic to love this book. But I don't think so. Wetherell is a beautiful, eloquent, writer. I think I would be willing to read his book about grass growing. But in Soccer Dad: A father, a son, and a magic season, Weatherall has a wonderful topic: That bittersweet senior year in which a son winds up his youth and gets ready to become a man. Weatherell begins by visiting some of his son's old soccer fields and remembering some of the highlights (and lowlights) of his son's soccer career. He follows his son's high school soccer team through a fantastic, and yet turbulent season, and writes about it all with lyricism and honesty. Soccer Dad is a must read for the soccer fans out there. Even the non soccer fans might be entranced by this story of a boy growing up and angst and delight of a father.