Book description
OPEN ICE
In this new collection of exquisitely crafted essays, veteran sports
writer Jack Falla writes about hockey as he has seen and experienced
it over the past fifty years. Reflections on the game, its
personalities and arenas, and twenty-five years of commitment to
creating his backyard rink are woven into family memories and other
fond remembrances.
A heartwarming and amusing collection, Open Ice is sure to
touch every hockey fan and all those who have grown up loving the game.
Praise for Jack Falla's Previous Collection of Essays, Home Ice
"literary hot chocolate that will warm your heart."
-The New York Times
"While Home Ice may be a book about hockey and the charm
of backyard rinks, it is more than that, too. It is a book about
relationships-between fathers and sons, husbands and wives-and how the
game can bridge the gaps that commonly occur between generations in a
family... It's a treasure and one that readers will be happy they
searched out. Possibly the best hockey book since Ken Dryden's The Game."
-The Globe & Mail
"A gentle and powerful book."
-Dave Bidini, Author of Tropic of Hockey and
The Best Game You Can Name
Jack Falla is the author of five books, most
notably Home Ice, a collection of essays and memoirs that the
New York Times' Robert Lipsyte called “literary hot chocolate
that will warm your heart.”
Jack covered the National Hockey
League for Sports Illustrated in the 1980s. During that time he
combined with SI photographer Heinz Kluetmeier to produce the
book Sports Illustrated Hockey.
Jack and his wife Barbara
live in Natick, Massachusetts, where, since 1983, they have built a
skating rink-the Bacon Street Omni-in their backyard.
He teaches
sports journalism at his alma mater, Boston University.
