Sixty-One

Sixty-One Life Lessons from Papa, on and Off the Court

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Publisher's Synopsis

"By the NBA superstar: A powerful and unexpected memoir of family, faith, tragedy, and life's most important lessons. The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the assault. His funeral filled the largest church in the county, which held over one thousand people. He was sixty-one years old. The day after burying his grandfather, Chris was coping the best way he knew how: by playing basketball for his high school team. After pouring in shot after shot, his last attempt was an airball purposely flung out of bounds from the foul line before Chris exited the game. The next day, local news headline

Book information

ISBN: 9781250276711
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 796.323092
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20220604
Language: English
Number of pages: ix, 317
Weight: 416g
Height: 144mm
Width: 218mm
Spine width: 33mm