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Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team
Tim Lewis
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Description for Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team
Paperback. Adrien Niyonshuti is a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
** Winner of the British Sports Book Awards 2014 New Writer of the Year **
Where there is hope there can be redemption.
Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, a member of the Rwandan cycling team. Adrien was seven years old when he lost his family in the 1994 genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Almost twenty years later he has a shot at representing his country at the Olympics.
Meet Jock Boyer, the coach of Team Rwanda. One of the top American cyclists of all time, Jock recognises the innate talent for endurance that the Rwandans possess. A ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224091770
SKU
V9780224091770
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About Tim Lewis
TIM LEWIS is a feature writer at the Observer and contributing editor of Esquire. He has previously been editor of both the Observer Magazine and Observer Sport Monthly, Britain's most prestigious sports magazine. Prior to that he was editor of the Independent on Sunday's Sunday Review and deputy editor of Esquire.
Reviews for Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team
Fascinating... not a typical rags to riches, triumph against adversity tale... Lewis does a fine job of unpicking a tangled narrative
Observer
A remarkable story... attempts to import the Lycra-clad, precision-engineered world of the Tour de France into rural Africa form the heart of this absorbing book...Team Rwanda’s story could have been edited into an uplifting tale ... Read more
Observer
A remarkable story... attempts to import the Lycra-clad, precision-engineered world of the Tour de France into rural Africa form the heart of this absorbing book...Team Rwanda’s story could have been edited into an uplifting tale ... Read more