Blind Your Ponies, Stanley Gordon West
Blind Your Ponies, Stanley Gordon West
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Blind Your Ponies

Author: Stanley Gordon West

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 19 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2011

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Sam Pickett never expected to settle in this dried-up shell of a town on the western edge of the world. He’s come here to hide from the violence and madness that have shattered his life, but what he finds is what he least expects. It seems that every inhabitant of this forgotten outpost has a story, a reason for taking a detour to this place—or a reason for staying.

As the coach of the hapless high school basketball team, Sam can’t help but be moved by the bravery he witnesses in the everyday lives of people—including his own young players—bearing their sorrows and broken dreams. How do they carry on, believing in a future that seems to be based on the flimsiest of promises? Drawing on the strength of the boys on the team, sharing the hope they display despite insurmountable odds, Sam finally begins to see a future worth living.

Author Stanley Gordon West has filled the town of Willow Creek with characters so vividly cast that they become as real as relatives, and their stories—so full of humor and passion, loss and determination—illuminate a path into the human heart.

Reviews

Goodreads review by La Crosse County Library on December 22, 2022

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was recommended by a library patron, who was adamant that I read it. I delayed and delayed as I am not a huge sports fan. Upon his insistence, I gave it a try. I listened to the audiobook. I enjoyed the reader so much. This isn't the type of book I normally read bu......more

Goodreads review by Emelia on March 17, 2018

Blind Your Ponies is a remarkable book, a wonderful feat of storytelling which is becoming a lost art today it seems. Never would I have believed four days ago, even years ago, that I would love, much less read, a book about a small town basketball team. I have to admit it was a fluke that I picked......more

There are a lot of places like Willow Creek in the Western USA… small places, hardly meriting the word “town” kept going by any success that their farmers and ranchers can share with the “townspeople” who provide the dry goods, gasoline, schools and other essentials. Willow Creek isn’t much of a plac......more