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Informationen zum Autor THERESA BAILEY is the founder and CEO of Starfish Synergies. As a mother with sixteen years of minor-hockey experience, she has managed seventeen teams across seven associations and served on two executives, including four years as president. In 2010, Bailey founded www.canadianhockeymoms.ca, the largest online community for hockey moms as they navigate the intense world of hockey. Theresa Bailey lives in Madoc, Ontario. TERRY MARCOTTE is an award-winning journalist who has spent more than four decades developing compelling stories. During that time he has interviewed thousands of people, including star athletes, politicians and everyday folks, sharing the stories that need to be told. He lives in Ottawa. Klappentext A celebration of the unsung heroes behind the game, including first-hand stories from moms of the NHL's biggest stars Hockey Moms laces together the stories of NHL hockey moms like Kelly McDavid and Ema Matthews with those of mothers who never expected their children to set foot on the ice. With insight, warmth, honesty and humour, more than thirty hockey moms share their own journeys as they figure out how to juggle trips to the rink with raising a family, building their own backyard rinks, finding ways to pay for new gear and dealing with the sometimes-heartbreaking setbacks faced along the way. We learn first-hand, through personal examples, that there are different pathways that lead our children where they want to go. Often, it's mothers who carry the emotional burden of helping kids navigate their path. Hockey Moms features untold stories of the highs and the lows, the challenges and the triumphs, from the women who are the heart of the game. A perfect gift for the more than 600,000 hockey moms in Canada. Zusammenfassung A celebration of the unsung heroes behind the game! including first-hand stories from moms of the NHL’s biggest stars Hockey Moms laces together the stories of NHL hockey moms like Kelly McDavid and Ema Matthews with those of mothers who never expected their children to set foot on the ice. With insight! warmth! honesty and humour! more than thirty hockey moms share their own journeys as they figure out how to juggle trips to the rink with raising a family! building their own backyard rinks! finding ways to pay for new gear and dealing with the sometimes-heartbreaking setbacks faced along the way. We learn first-hand! through personal examples! that there are different pathways that lead our children where they want to go. Often! it’s mothers who carry the emotional burden of helping kids navigate their path. Hockey Moms features untold stories of the highs and the lows! the challenges and the triumphs! from the women who are the heart of the game. A perfect gift for the more than 600!000 hockey moms in Canada. ...
