Home and Away In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer

Summary: An uplifting tale of travelling with Team Canada as they compete for the Homeless World Cup. In 2008 Dave Bidini accompanies Homeless Team Canada to the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. As he watches team members play and shares their disappointments, frustrations, joys, and triumphs, he comes to care deeply about the players-45-year-old Billy, who is a former addict; the quick-footed 24-year-old Moroccan immigrant Juventus, who refuses to talk about his past; and most of all, the endearing teenaged Krystal, who carries a photograph of her long-dead mother and dreams of a better lif.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553656555 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553656555 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (214 p.)
Publisher: New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.

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Description based upon print version of record.

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Shadow and Muscle; 1: What Teams Do; 2: Cold Turkey Soccer; 3: Journey to Oz; 4: Walter Mitty and a Dildo; 5: The Song of India; 6: 500 Miles; 7: Dove; 8: Vannie and the Mountain Lions; 9: Ole Soft Tits; 10: Where the Fuck is Denmark?; 11: The Search for Stevie Ray; 12: L'altri Azzurri; 13: The Russians; 14: Up and Down with the usa; 15: The World Cup Final in a Teacup; 16: When You're Too Tired to Run; 17: Fucked Up; 18: Krystal and the Cambodians; 19: The Wanderer; 20: No Direction Home; Epilogue.