
A modern sports writing classic by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle tells the story of the 1992-1993 championship season of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes


Following one championship season in the lives of the Lady Hurricanes, a high school basketball team from Amherst, Massachusetts, this involving personal account offers a riveting portrait of contemporary female adolescence and the development of girls' self-esteem. "Better than...

They Were a Talented Team with a Near-Perfect Record. But for Five Straight Years, When it Came to The Crunch of the Playoffs, the Amherst Lady Hurricanes-A "Finesse" High-School Girls' Basketball Team of Nice Girls from A Nice Town-Somehow Lacked the Scrappy, Hard-Driving Desire...


"Beautifully written . . . A celebration of girls and athletics." The national bestselling sports classic from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (USA Today).

"Beautifully written . . . A celebration of girls and athletics." The national bestselling sports classic from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (USA Today).
