Jeremy Lin, Timothy Dalrymple
Jeremy Lin, Timothy Dalrymple
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Jeremy Lin
The Reason for the Linsanity

Author: Timothy Dalrymple

Narrator: Feodor Chin

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 05/08/2012


Synopsis

Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin recently became a New York Knicks phenomenon and he's the NBA's first American-born player of Taiwanese descent. The book will chronicle Lin's high school, college and early career in the NBA with particular emphasis on the media explosion surrounding his success as starting point guard with the Knicks. It will explore how Jeremy's Christian faith, family, education and cultural inheritance have contributed to his success. The book will also include interviews with basketball experts on Jeremy's future in the NBA, Asian-American thought leaders on the role of race in Jeremy's rise to stardom, and renowned Christian athletes and pastors on the potent combination of faith and sports.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Endian on January 30, 2013

This book was really good because it informed us on how hard it was for Jeremy to get accepted to anything especially in the NBA with all the stereotype comments. Jeremy was a very determined person because he would do everything it takes and a lot of practicing to get in to the NBA and he knew it w......more

Goodreads review by Randall on February 22, 2015

I really like this book.In the book it talks about how Jeremy Lin became a NBA player.It talks about how he became Linsanity.Thats why I like this book.He used basketball as a way to get away from everything else.I do that to.I would definitely recommend this book.......more

Goodreads review by Joannepistonfan on September 02, 2012

Timothy Dalrymple's Linsanity biography provides the interesting backstory of Jeremy Lin's life and work. The author informs the reader in the intro that he, like Jeremy Lin, is a Christian, and the book reflects their shared values. This is not as interesting to me, but I understand that this will......more

Goodreads review by Tim on July 11, 2016

Former Director of Content at the world’s largest religion site [Patheos.com], Timothy Dalrymple, spent some well-spent time to lure a reader like me into the familial upbringing, spiritual influences, and basketball experiences from early childhood until what the New York Knicks, and throughout the......more

Goodreads review by Nick on January 01, 2019

While reading this book it brought me many flashbacks as I was invested in watching the NBA during the setting of the story. This story described and retold the events of "Linsanity", a time in the NBA where an Asian American player named Jeremy Lin took the NBA by storm. I was very intrigued by the......more