Product Information
Sandy Balfour's father and the game of Contract Bridge were both conceived in 1925. But whereas Tom Balfour was the child of a bank clerk and a schoolteacher and was born in a modest apartment in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, the game he came to love had an altogether more distinguished lineage. Vulnerable in Hearts spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour's life and the same period in the epic story of Bridge's spread around the world. Sandy Balfour's moving and delightfully original book traces both journeys to explore the relationships between a game and an empire (and the rules that supported it); and a father, and a son. Part memoir, part history, part entertainment, Vulnerable in Hearts is a poignant meditation on how we communicate; why we play games; and the ways in which we love.Product Identifiers
PublisherAtlantic Books
ISBN-139781843543657
eBay Product ID (ePID)88079554
Product Key Features
Book TitleVulnerable in Hearts: a Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge
AuthorSandy Balfour
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicCard Games, Travel Writing
Publication Year2005
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width143mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSandy Balfour
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom