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A New York Times bestselling author takes a rollicking deep dive into the ultra, competitive world of youth hockey.
In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. Part memoir and part exploration of youth sports and the exploding popularity of American hockey, Pee Wees follows the ups and downs of the Ridgefield Bears, the twelve-year-old boys and girls on the team, and the parents watching, cheering, conniving, and cursing in the stands. It is a book about the love of the game, the love of parents for their children, and the triumphs and struggles of both.
In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. Part memoir and part exploration of youth sports and the exploding popularity of American hockey, Pee Wees follows the ups and downs of the Ridgefield Bears, the twelve-year-old boys and girls on the team, and the parents watching, cheering, conniving, and cursing in the stands. It is a book about the love of the game, the love of parents for their children, and the triumphs and struggles of both.
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"At its core, Pee Wees is a story about a father trying to reach his son (and perhaps his younger self) through the game. 'I was now my father. My son was now me.' A familiar tale and the makings of a great tragedy . . .While some might view this as a cautionary tale about youth hockey, I say that caring that much is the game's most convincing selling point, its very appeal."
Bill Keenan, Air Mail
"Welcome to the world of youth hockey in Connecticut . . . What emerges for Cohen in this warmhearted memoir is a love for his son beyond hockey, as well as the acknowledgment that 'there is little to match the intoxication of seeing your child do something well.'"
Mark Rotella, The New York Times Book Review