The Keeper

By Kelcey Ervick,

Book cover of The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives

Book description

From the New York Times Book Review,

"[R]eaders will certainly want to linger on the beautiful depictions of birds, people and scenes from her life. She weaves in historical context in graceful and necessary ways."

A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl’s life and…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Keeper as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I grew up as a competitive swimmer and struggled to put words to some of the feelings I had around being a female athlete, especially given how disconnected I felt from the history of women’s sports. This book hits both of those topics as the author shares her experience as a soccer player—to the point that I had to put down the book every once in a while and just sigh with relief.

Plus, the historical look at Title Nine was so informative and, quite frankly, shocking. 

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