Ten Points
A Father's Promise, a Daughter's Wish - How a Magical Season of Bicycle Riding Made it All Come True

My lovely girlfriend lent me this book over winter and told me I would really enjoy it. At first look I was intrigued by the fact that it was a cycling memoir by a guy a faintly knew from flipping through Bicycling magazine and I plopped it onto my to-be-read stack of books. I remember expressing to......more

Got me to tears on an airplane, so that's something. I knew (of) the author from his work at Bicycling magazine, which I respected a lot. This isn't really about bicycling, though it does play a part. As a parent and (once) a child, I think Bill's honesty and growing self awareness will leave the las......more

WOW.... why this was not recommended by Oprah i will never know... why this is not a movie... and really why only less than 60 people on Goodreads have marked this on any of their lists is just a travesty of great proportions! READ THIS BOOK it is a fast, gripping heart wrenching read... and you may e......more

Tells the story of trying to score 10 points in a season of weekly bike races, intermixed with graphic flashbacks of child abuse. I was expecting the details of bike racing, and those were well done. I was not expecting the abuse, and it didn't help the story along in my opinion. I listened to this......more

This book was hard to listen to. The author suffered horrific abuse as a young boy, and he relates the stories in detail that left my mouth agape. Cycling has helped Bill Strickland handle the demons that have been handed down through his ancestors, horrible abuse suffered generations past. He's try......more