{"product_id":"goals-9781472274908","title":"Goals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRIP GIANLUCA VIALLI 1964-2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I WANT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT ME AND SAY:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBECAUSE OF YOU I DIDN''T GIVE UP.''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoals \u003c\/i\u003eis a very personal and deeply-moving collection of life-affirming and inspirational real-life stories from which the late \u003cb\u003eChelsea \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eItaly \u003c\/b\u003efootball legend \u003cb\u003eGianluca Vialli\u003c\/b\u003e drew great strength and resolve whilst living with \u003cb\u003epancreatic cancer\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories and the individuals involved were selected by Vialli because they offered him comfort and inspiration at the time of his greatest challenge, and he felt that they can do the same for many of us, whatever it might be that we are facing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a beautifully-written and touching narrative which is by turns vital and poignant, spine-tingling and heart-rending.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe very last      story in \u003ci\u003eGoals \u003c\/i\u003eis Vialli''s own, bravely and movingly chronicling his battle with this cruel illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVialli has chosen 90 tales from the familiar - Jesse Owens, Billie Jean King - to some lesser-known, such as Alfonsina Strada, a pioneering woman who competed in the Giro d'Italia in 1924. His own chapter comes right at the end... a stark, moving account of the brutal physical and mental toll of months of cancer treatment. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe book ends with the most compelling story - as Vialli details how two bouts of cancer and chemotherapy affected him. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoals, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of 90 inspirational stories from the world of sport, seems particularly timely as society tries to cope with the ongoing agonies and disruption of the coronavirus crisis. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eGoals is a fascinating list of people, some of whom you have never heard of and when you hear their stories you think to yourself \"wow, that is incredible\", as indeed is the career of Gianluca Vialli. * BBC Radio 5 Live with Nihal Arthanayake *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739450552663,"sku":"9781472274908","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472274908.jpg?v=1720052281","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/goals-9781472274908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}