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George Allen was a top-ranked NFL instructor throughout the sixties and seventies, instruction in turn the Chicago Bears, the LA Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Increased in a home dominated by her three football-obsessed aged brothers and her father's relentless plan, Jennifer Allen arrived old in a cauldron of testosterone and win-at-all-costs mentality.
Buffeted by the coach's tumultuous firings and hirings, the Allen family was routinely propelled to new groups in new cities. Even though her French-Tunisian mother attempted to instruct Jennifer proper female etiquette, the author imagined being the first feminine quarterback in the NFL. But as she was raised, she yearned usually to be someone her father would notice. In a macho world where only foot-ball mattered, what could she strive for? Who could she become?
Allen has written a poignant memoir of the daddy she tried so hard to know, about a family life that was willfully sacrificed to his limitless fanatical quest for the Super Dish. What emerges is a fascinating and singular behind-the-scenes look at professional football, and a memorable, bittersweet family portrait of a father and his princess, written in a brand new and perceptive voice.
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