The Seven A.M. Practice: Stories of Family Life

By Roy MacGregor

In the stories collected in The Seven A.M. Practice, sports columnist and author Roy MacGregor reports from an arena where 'the game' is family life. These warm, funny, insightful accounts--some first printed as newspaper and magazine columns, some brand new--will touch anyone who has ever been either a parent or a child.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771056001
• ISBN13: 9780771056000
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Very good

In these sotires collected into this book they will be sure to touch you either if you are a parent or a child. Sorry for the length of the reiview.

Meet the MacGregor Family

Before Roy MacGregor got into writing the Screech Owls books, he authored and co-authored some great books on hockey. My favorite MacGregor works are still 'Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL,' 'Home Game,' and 'The Last Season.''The Seven A.M. Practice' is a departure from all of the above. While MacGregor spends a small number of pages on youth hockey's impact on the Canadian family, most of the book is a humorous and poignant portrayal of his family life away from the rink. This book is not about family in the context of growing 9-year-old future NHL players. It's just about his family and his experiences as a grandson, son, and a father of four. Enjoy it for that and stick to his other books for hockey.